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- ↑ "Wesleyan Coach Is Still in College". The Day, New London, Conn. February 20, 1914.
- ↑ "WESELYAN WANTS NEW COACH: Problem Is to Put an End to Frequent Changing - Dick Eustis, Last Year Captain, Is Strongly Urged". Galveston Daily News. February 1, 1914.
- 1 2 "EUSTIS NEW COACH OF N.Y.U. ELEVEN; Wesleyan Football Director Named to Succeed Reilley - First Practice Today After" (PDF). The New York Times. September 20, 1916.
- ↑ "DICK EUSTIS WILL COACH WESLEYAN: Last Year's Captain First Wesleyan Man to Hold Place; WORK IN HARMONY WITH DR. FAUVER; First Move Towards Establishing Permanent System". The Hartford Courant. February 20, 1914. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
- ↑ "ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
- ↑ "Richard E. Eustis Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
- ↑ "New York University Violets coaching records". Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2008.