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- ↑ Yale Alumni Publications, Inc. "Yale Alumni Magazine: Great Moments in Yale Sports (March 2001)". yalealumnimagazine.com.
- ↑ Hurd, R.M. (1888). A History of Yale Athletics, 1840-1888: Giving Every Contest with Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Wesleyan, and Others in Rowing, Foot Ball, Base Ball, Track Athletics, Tennis. R.M. Hurd. p. 80 . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ "Biographical Record of the Class of 1874 in Yale College". google.com.
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