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- ↑ "SOCCER SIDELIGHTS". Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder . Vol. 44, no. 4303. New South Wales, Australia. 14 May 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 18 December 2022– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "BIG SOCCER". The Sun . No. 4255. New South Wales, Australia. 23 June 1924. p. 7 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 8 January 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SOCCER TEST MATCH". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate . No. 14, 487. New South Wales, Australia. 30 June 1924. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia . ozfootball.net. Retrieved 23 June 2009.