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- ↑ "Pat Boland Named Rockets Coach". The Honolulu Advertiser. October 30, 1946. p. 16 – via newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Patrick Roland (published 1971)". New York Times. July 3, 1971 – via NYTimes.com.