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- ↑ "Tributes pour in as 'Mr Howe of Fife' Tom Pearson dies at 83". www.scotsman.com. 14 September 2010.
- ↑ "Scottish Rugby record" (PDF). s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.