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1989 Hall of Fame Inductees

Jack Heid

Known as the "Yankee Clipper", Heid won the Eastern States Championship in 1942 and was New Jersey Senior Champion in 1942, 1946 and 1947. He was a member of the 1948 Olympic Team and was a five and twenty five mile national champion. Heid won bronze at the 1949 World Amateur Sprint Championships.

Bobby Walthour, Sr.

The "Dixie Flyer" won the US Professional Motorpace Championships in 1902 and 1903. He competed in Europe in 1904 and won 16 if his first 17 events, going on to win the World Championships in London in 1904 and Antwerp in 1905. Walthour won a total of 14 six-day races and every motorpace championship in Europe.

Marshall "Major" Taylor

In 1899 Taylor set records in every sprint distance from 1/4 mile to 2 miles. In that same year, he won two titles at the World Sprint Championships and became the first black athlete in any sport to win a world professional championship. He became the National Professional Track Champion in 1900 and won 42 of 57 meets in Europe in 1901.

John Howard

Howard won the ABLA/USCF Amateur Road Championships in 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975. He was a member of the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympic Teams. John won gold at the 1971 Pan Am Games in the road race event. He was winner of the first 1000 mile Tour of Baja in 1975 and of the Tour de L'Estra in 1972 and the Tour of Newfoundland in 1974. He was Ironman World Triathlon Champion in 1981. He is the world record holder for 24 hours at 593 miles and he set the world cycling speed record at 152 mph.

Audrey McElmury

Audrey was the National Amateur Track (Omnium) Champion in 1966 and 1969. She became the first American to win an Amateur World Road Race Championship placing first at the World Championships in Brno, Czechoslovakia. She won the Woman's National Pursuit Championship and Woman's Amateur Road Championship in 1970. She was the 25 mile Scratch Champion in April,1966 and set the outdoor banked track record.

Arthur Zimmerman

Known as the "Flying Yankee" and the "Jersey Skeeter", he won numerous League of American Wheelman National Championships in the late 1880s through 1894 when he turned professional. In 1891 he won the 1/2 mile LAW National Championships. He won the inaugural World Championships in 1893 in Chicago at one and ten miles. He registered more than 100 victories per season numerous times.


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