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- ↑ NASL career stats
- ↑ Syd Bartlett at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Syd Bartlett – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ↑ "Legendary Jamaica footballer 'Syd' Bartlett dies". Jamaica Observer. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "Emotional farewell for football great Syd Bartlett". Jamaica Observer. 3 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
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