Edelson, Stephen. "The legend of Swede Hanson, among the Shore's greatest", Asbury Park Press, April 9, 2015. Accessed July 26, 2018. "It all started innocently enough in the late 1980s when they began brainstorming a Lions Hall of Fame for Middletown North High School, the former Leonardo High School.... Growing up in Navesink, the oldest Hanson brother, Joseph, played on the first official Leonardo football team in 1919. Swede, who had a twin brother, Henry, began playing high school sports in 1922, when he was just in seventh grade."
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"Rahway High Beats Leonardo For Title; Wins Class B New Jersey Football Honors, 20-0, on Rutgers Field Before 3,000.", The New York Times, December 6, 1925. Accessed July 26, 2018. "Rahway High School won the Class B football championship of New Jersey here this afternoon by virtue of a 20-to-0 victory over Leonardo High School. The game was played on the Rutgers Athletic Field and was witnessed by 3,000 persons, mostly followers of the contending schools, who were treated to a remarkably good exhibition of football in spite of rain, fog and a mud-covered gridiron."
"Swede Hanson, Star Back Of Philadelphia Eagles. 62", The New York Times, August 7, 1970. Accessed July 26, 2018. "Thomas (Swede) Hanson, a former Temple University foot ball star who played profession ally for eight years with the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers and Brooklyn Dodgers, died yesterday at Einstein Medical Center here. He was 62 years old."
"Temple Team Buries Blue Ridge, 110 TO 0; Losers Borrow Three Temple Players in Last Period -- Hanson Game's Star.", The New York Times, October 2, 1927. Accessed July 26, 2018. "Despite the hot weather and shortening of periods to five minutes in the last half, Temple University today opened its football season by swamping Blue Ridge College, 110 to 0. This is one of the biggest scores ever run up in a college game here.... Swede Hanson of Long Branch, N. J., was the star with four touchdowns and as many points after touchdowns."
