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- ↑ The Age, "Brewer is unlikely", 21 September 1981, p. 32
- ↑ "Noel Lovell". AFL Tables.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.