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- ↑ "Towler, West Honored on AP All-Pro Football Team". Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1953. p. IV-3.
- ↑ Norman Miller (December 19, 1952). "United Press Lists All-Pro Selections". Nevada State Journal. p. 12.
- ↑ "1952 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2017.