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- ↑ "Rockford's Head Football Coach Vic Wallace to Retire After Season". Rockford Regents . Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ↑ "William Jewell names coach". Springfield News-Leader . Springfield, Missouri. Associated Press. March 26, 1981. p. 3D. Retrieved January 5, 2020– via Newspapers.com
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