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- ↑ Cleary, Mitch (5 January 2020). "Back in my day: Ranking the AFL coaches as players". Australian Football League. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ↑ http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/wi-x-y-z.htm#Scott%20Wynd%20(Footscray/Western%20Bulldogs) Full Points Footy Bio
- ↑ Higgins, Ben (21 July 2014). "Vote: We look at the best ruckmen of the modern era after West Coast's Dean Cox's retirement". News Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ↑ Scott Wynd's player profile at AFL Tables
- ↑ Hillier, K. (2004) Like Father Like Son, Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.