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- 1 2 3 New Mexico Unicycle Club Recommends Organization for Fun and Good Health Archived 2020-04-13 at the Wayback Machine , The Bicycle Journal, (Aug 1960)
- 1 2 ALBUQUERQUE UNICYCLE CLUB (NONPROFIT) Archived 2023-03-28 at the Wayback Machine , OpenCorporates
- 1 2 Unicycle Club Elects Wright , Albuquerque Tribune, February 6, 1958 Page 10
- ↑ Unicyclists Name Slate, Albuquerque Tribune, March 26, 1959 Page 41
- ↑ "Unicycle Club Plans Banquet". Albuquerque Tribune . 27 March 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- 1 2 Robert Williams, Pete Chapouris, Mike LaVella, The Hot Rod World of Robert Williams. MotorBooks International: MotorBooks International. p14
- ↑ "Unicycle Hockey History - Unicycle Hockey". 2021-11-08. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Most Comical Award , Albuquerque Journal, October 6, 1958 Page 8
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