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- ↑ "Vonnie Gros sees better days for America's field hockey teams". The Bangor Daily News. August 24, 1982. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Vonnie Gros Looks to Olympics in New Job". Philadelphia Daily News. September 21, 1977. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.