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- ↑ "2006 Football Media Guide". hardingsports.com. 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ "Petit Jean 1931-1932". Petit Jean Yearbooks. January 1932.
- ↑ Blevins, Brooks (2003). Lyon College 1872–2002: the Perseverance and Promise of an Arkansas College. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781610752558 . Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ "Paul Fiser". Arkansas Tech University. Retrieved January 4, 2018.