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575:"Bridgeport Jets Sign Lineman Dick Swatland"
1039:"Quarterbacks are big questions at Toronto"
855:. September 9, 1968. p. 9 – via
680:A Look at the 1966 Notre Dame Offense Today
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309:Richard Thomas Swatland
1429:Houston Oilers players
782:The South Bend Tribune
727:The Circleville Herald
644:The South Bend Tribune
612:The South Bend Tribune
848:The Bangor Daily News
558:Pro Football Archives
554:"Dick Swatland Stats"
380:Stamford, Connecticut
265:Career AFL statistics
63:Stamford, Connecticut
532:Later life and death
507:New England Patriots
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1176:George Kunz
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