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- ↑ "Football Bowl Subdivision: Eastern Michigan University Directory". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Eastern Michigan Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
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- ↑ Year book of the Michigan State Normal College for ...: Including register of students, also announcements for. Yearbook of the Michigan State Normal College. The College.
- ↑ Rowland, Oran W. (1912). A History of Van Buren County, Michigan. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 904.
- ↑ "The Michigan Alumnus". 1946.
