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- ↑ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2009). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-9805162-6-5.
- ↑ "1934 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ↑ "FFC: Articles, Finest Lion of them all, Haydn Bunton..." 29 August 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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