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- ↑ "History of Beadling". www.beadling.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ↑ "Jack Robson's Boys Defeat Gallatin". (February 2, 1913). The Pittsburgh Press, p.23 col.1-2
- ↑ "Homestead Team Beats Beadling". (January 9, 1916). The Pittsburgh Press, p.22 col.3-4
- ↑ "Dunlevy Beaten By Beadling". (February 16, 1919). The Pittsburgh Press, p.26 col.1-2
- ↑ National Soccer Hall of Fame: Joseph Delach
- ↑ Beadling program on youth kick
