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- ↑ "Sports - Bret Johnson Still Bitter Toward UCLA - Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com.
- ↑ TEAFORD, ELLIOTT (2 November 1990). "No Sibling Rivalry in the Johnson Family : Prep football: It has taken Rob three years to fill his brother's shoes, but in the long run he could be as good a quarterback as Bret" – via LA Times.
- ↑ CROWE, JERRY (20 November 1992). "City of Brotherly Dislike : USC Quarterback Rob Johnson Would Love to Beat UCLA After What Happened to Bret" – via LA Times.
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