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- ↑ "1984 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ SI.com - SI 50th - New Mexico - The 50 Greatest New Mexico Sports Figures - Wednesday July 09, 2003 04:11 PM
- ↑ "Extra stats about Stan David".
- ↑ City Of Denver City Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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