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- ↑ "[No title]". The Daily Tar Heel. April 18, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
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- ↑ "Forward Passes". The Times. November 7, 1901. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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