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- ↑ "Ex-Tide player, coach Jones joins Cardinals' staff" . Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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- 1 2 "Aliceville native helps Steelers reach Super Bowl". The Commercial Dispatch. February 1, 2009. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
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