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1956 USA Olympic Team Trials

Item# 1956 OlympicTrials [1956 OlympicTrials] Categories: Olympics (souvenir's, programs, etc. from the Olympic Games), Programs, Posters, Adverts & Memorabilia for Racing & Touring Events ,


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This is the 40-page Official Program for the 1956 USA OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS. The cycling Trials took place on September 14-17 in the San Francisco Bay area. This Program includes several different sports including cycling. The dimensions are 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. When time permits I plan to scan some additional pages and mention the names of the people contained therein. See the picture gallery of pages relating to cycling.

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more details Page-17 titled *TRACK AND ROAD BICYCLE FINALS.* Some of the names mentioned are: Chester Nelson Sr., John Mesch, George Thorpe, Otto Eisele, Louis Maltese, Captain James Krajicek, Jack Simes, Frank Small, Charles Allert, Tom Winsted, Joe Colla, Charlie Morton (misspelled in the program), Harold Hartman, Don Gill and many others.	more details Page-18, an advert for Schwinn Bicycles. Schwinn was the supplier of bicycles for the 1956 Olympic team as well as for other years.	more details Page-19 is a list of the names of entries for the road race (71 riders) and track events (33 riders).
more details Page-20 is the PROGRAM SCORE SHEET for the cycling events.	more details Page-21 is adverts of companies outside of the bicycle industry	more details Page-22 is adverts for: Ferguson's Cyclery of San Francisco, Broadmoor Bicycle Shop of Colma, CA., Al's Marina Golden Gate Cyclery of San Francisco, Mission Cyclery (Al Mercurio) of Santa Clara, CA., and others.
more details Page-23 is adverts, one of which is from the San Jose Bicycle Dealers Association, comprised of: Desemone's Cycle & Toy, Burbank Cyclery, Farber's Cyclery, Glenn's Cycle & Hobby, Maxwell's Cyclery, Mayfair Bike Shop, Paul's Cycles, Reed's Sporting Goods, San Jose Cyclery, and Willow Cyclery.	more details Page-24 consists of adverts including two from the bicycle industry: (1) Bean & Son of San Francisco, the Schwinn Bicycle Distributor, and (2) Crebs Cycling Club ('Musty' Crebs).	more details Page-25
more details Page-34 consists of pictures from the 1952 Helsinki Games. The center-right photo is of Frank Brilando crossing the finish line in the 1000-meter cycle race. Frank was employed at Schwinn for many years and is one of the nicest guys in the bicycle industry.	more details Page-35 is a list of USA Olympic Champions in various events in various years.

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