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- ↑ Phil Grippaldi, NJSports.com. Accessed November 23, 2017. "Philip Salvatore Grippaldi was born September 27, 1946 in Newark and grew up in Belleville."
- ↑ Fremon, Suzanne S. "State Has 13 on Olympic Team", The New York Times , August 13, 1972. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Other New Jerseyans on the various Olympic teams are Phillip Grippaldo[ sic ] of Belleville and Frank Capsouras of River Edge, weight lifters; Robert Sparks of Clark and Thomas Hardiman of Trenton, team‐handball players, and Reginald Jones of Newark a light‐middleweight boxer."
- ↑ Gallagher, Marty. "Phil Grippaldi: Boy Wonder" (PDF). Starting Strength. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
