The Albuquerque Unicycle Club Inc was the world's first unicycle hockey club.
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,New Mexico Unicycle Club Recommends Organization for Fun and Good Health , The Bicycle Journal, (Aug 1960) and officially registered as a non-profit organization on March 21, 1958,ALBUQUERQUE UNICYCLE CLUB (NONPROFIT) , OpenCorporates with Richard Wright elected as the club's initial president.Unicycle Club Elects Wright, Albuquerque Tribune, February 6, 1958 Page 10 Officers of the club were Richard Miller (vice president), Mary Webster (secretary), Percy Pinkerton (treasurer), and Ted Jorgensen (sergeant-at-arms). Jorgensen became vice president of the club in 1959Unicyclists Name Slate, Albuquerque Tribune, March 26, 1959 Page 41 and took over as the president in 1962. The club operated out of the Schwinn Bicycle retailer Loyd's Bicycle Shop,Robert Williams, Pete Chapouris, Mike LaVella, The Hot Rod World of Robert Williams. MotorBooks International: MotorBooks International. p14 owned by Loyd W. Smith. Membership grew to 26 by 1960, the club's third year.
The club was the first unicycle hockey club both in United States, and the world.Steven Ellis (13 March 2021) The Weird, Wild and Wacky World Of Unicycle Hockey , The Hockey News
At the New Mexico State Fair in 1958, the club won the Most Comical award for the second time.Most Comical Award, Albuquerque Journal, October 6, 1958 Page 8
The club became defunct in 2001.
Notable members
Robert Williams (artist) Ted Jorgensen
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