Johnny Bench (English Wikipedia)

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Lombardo, David (May 6, 2011). "Baseball great Johnny Bench talks about hip surgery at Saratoga Hospital". Gazette News Group. Retrieved September 23, 2025.

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"Johnny Bench gets his picture on Wheaties box". Deseret News. July 6, 1989. p. D7. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
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