Rod Laver (English Wikipedia)

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"Rod Laver wins 4th title". Kentucky New Era. Associated Press. 9 September 1968. p. 21. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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"Mr Rod Laver MBE". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

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Elizabeth McGarr (13 July 2009). "Rod Laver". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 111, no. 2. p. 76. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2017.

smh.com.au

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