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- ↑ Frost, page 391
- ↑ Roy Baker at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ↑ "Bradford City : 1946/47 - 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
- ↑ Frost, page 379
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