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- ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ A Swing Along Athletic Row, The Globe, 14 October 1920, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club
- ↑ Robert Hosie, SoccerStats.us