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- ↑ "Scandal! Scandal! Princeton Captain Wagers On Rutgers". The Central New Jersey Home News . October 17, 1935 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1935 Heisman Trophy Voting". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ↑ "1936 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
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- ↑ "Dr. W. Pepper Constable, 72, Ex-Official of Jersey Hospital". The New York Times. August 17, 1986 – via NYTimes.com.
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