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- ↑ "WA Football WAFL Ladder 1951–2006". 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
- ↑ "WA Football State Games 1951–2006". 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
- ↑ "Full Points Footy - Biographies - Tom Mullooly". 2007. Archived from the original on 26 August 2004. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
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