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- ↑ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ↑ "Samuel Jones". World Football. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ↑ https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=3458
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