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- ↑ "Grey Cup 1990". Grey Cup. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ↑ Kirk Penton (2005-08-13). "Blue Bombers were 'bears' in '84: Grey Cup starved city feasted on win". Winnipeg Sun. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012.
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