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References
- ↑ Comet in the Sky: Torger Tokle (Ski jumping in the eastern u.s.a) Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Torger Tokle Sets Record Of 163 Feet; Norwegian Ski Jumper Takes Roosevelt Trophy at Bear Mountain--Strand Next (The New York Times . February 20, 1939)
- ↑ The Good Old Days in Darien (Darien, CT News)
- ↑ Torger Tokle,Inducted in 1959 (U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame)
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