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- ↑ "Scotland Breaks A Long, Lean Spell In Dublin". The Guardian . 29 February 1960.
- ↑ "Scotland Supreme". Sunday Mirror . 13 January 1963.
- ↑ "Former Rugby Star's Post". Aberdeen Press and Journal . 21 September 1967.