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- ↑ "All-Time Team OL preview" . Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ "A History of Bills General Managers" . Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ "The Buffalo Bills Monday said Stew Barber, the team's..." Retrieved February 19, 2018.