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1988 Hall of Fame Inductees

Frank Kramer

Kramer won national amateur titles in his second and third year of racing. He won the national championship in 1901 and raced successfully in Europe in 1905 and 1906, winning thirty-one races out of forty-three starts. In 1912 Kramer won the world professional sprint championship at the Newark Velodrome. Frank Kramer won 16 consecutive national championships from 1901 to 1916. His amazing string of championships was broken in 1917, but, he regained the championship twice in 1918 and finally in 1921 at the age of 41.

Alf Goullet

Among the world's greatest cyclists, Goullet won more than 400 races on three continents. He set numerous world records including the distance record for a six-day race and five other records from two-thirds of a mile to 50 miles. Alf won a total of 15 six-day races, including 8 at Madison Square Garden.

Art Longsjo

Longsjo was the first athlete to compete in the summer and winter Olympics in the same year in 1956. He won all three races in his first competitive event at age 21. Art was two time winner of the Quebec to Montreal Road Race. He died in an auto accident in 1959 amid a streak of thirteen consecutive victories.

Jack Disney

Disney was born in 1930 and began his racing career in 1953. He won his first five consecutive national Amateur Championships in 1954. Jack won the National Senior Sprint Championship in 1966 and again in 1968. He was the silver medalist at the National Senior Sprint Championships in 1973. He was a member of the US Olympic Team in 1956, 1964 and 1968. He won a silver medal in the 1959 Pan Am Games. Proving his athletic versatility Jack made two Olympic squads in speed skating.

Sheila Young-Ochowicz

A speed skater at heart, Sheila entered her first race in 1965, falling, breaking her arm and almost ending her career before it began. In 1972, Sheila won a bronze medal at the world cycling match race championships in Marseilles, France. The following year she became only the second American to wear the yellow jersey at the world championships. She placed third in the 1975 world championships behind Hall of Famer Sue Novara. In 1976 Sheila speed-skated to gold, silver and bronze at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics and subsequently led Novara to a one-two finish in the world cycling sprint championships.


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