Albuquerque Unicycle Club

The Albuquerque Unicycle Club Inc was the world's first unicycle hockey club.

Albuquerque Unicycle Club
FormationMarch 21, 1958 (1958-03-21)
Dissolved2001
TypeNon-profit
HeadquartersAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Founding chairman
Richard Wright
Key people
Ted Jorgensen

The New Mexico, U.S. club was informally founded in 1957 and officially registered in 1958, before becoming defunct in 2001.

History

The club was informally founded in 1957,[1] and officially registered as a non-profit organization on March 21, 1958,[2] with Richard Wright elected as the club's initial president.[3] Officers of the club were Richard Miller (vice president), Mary Webster (secretary), Percy Pinkerton (treasurer), and Ted Jorgensen (sergeant-at-arms).[3] Jorgensen became vice president of the club in 1959[4] and took over as the president in 1962.[5] The club operated out of the Schwinn Bicycle retailer Loyd's Bicycle Shop,[6] owned by Loyd W. Smith.[1] Membership grew to 26 by 1960, the club's third year.[1]

The club was the first unicycle hockey club both in United States,[7] and the world.[8]

At the New Mexico State Fair in 1958, the club won the Most Comical award for the second time.[9]

The club became defunct in 2001.[2]

Notable members

References
  1. New Mexico Unicycle Club Recommends Organization for Fun and Good Health Archived 2020-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, The Bicycle Journal, (Aug 1960)
  2. ALBUQUERQUE UNICYCLE CLUB (NONPROFIT) Archived 2023-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, OpenCorporates
  3. Unicycle Club Elects Wright, Albuquerque Tribune, February 6, 1958 Page 10
  4. Unicyclists Name Slate, Albuquerque Tribune, March 26, 1959 Page 41
  5. "Unicycle Club Plans Banquet". Albuquerque Tribune. 27 March 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  6. Robert Williams, Pete Chapouris, Mike LaVella, The Hot Rod World of Robert Williams. MotorBooks International: MotorBooks International. p14
  7. "Unicycle Hockey History - Unicycle Hockey". 2021-11-08. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  8. Steven Ellis (13 March 2021) The Weird, Wild and Wacky World Of Unicycle Hockey Archived 2022-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Hockey News
  9. Most Comical Award, Albuquerque Journal, October 6, 1958 Page 8
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.