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- ↑ "Honour for five football greats from city". Londonderry Sentinel. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ↑ "Coleraine Legends - Victor Hunter". Coleraine FC. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ↑ Victor Hunter at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ @ColeraineFC (4 October 2017). "Congratulations to Coleraine legend Victor Hunter who was made a Honorary Life Vice-President at the club's 90th an…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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