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References
- ↑ "Grid Coaches Select Team". Eugene Register-Guard. December 7, 1958.
- ↑ "Iowa's Randy Duncan Heads AP's All-American Team". Salisbury Times. Salisbury, Maryland.
- ↑ "Randy Hawkins Heads A.P. All-America Team". Reading Eagle. December 4, 1958. p. 34.
- ↑ "Oklahoma State Says Wood Is Nation's "Best" Gridder". The Spokesman-Review (AP story). December 11, 1958. p. 18.
- ↑ Gove, Chris (December 19, 1998). "Quanah's Wood ends distinguished coaching career". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved January 26, 2018.