Arthur Zimmerman

Arthur Zimmerman

Inducted in 1989 for Veteran Road & Track Competitor (Pre-1945)

Zimmy Racer bicycleBiography
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.

Arthur Augustus ZimmermanHonors
1890 – National Championship, Track, Sprint :: 1st
1891 – National Championship, Track, Sprint :: 1st
1892 – National Championship, Track, Sprint :: 1st
1893 – World Championship, Track, 10 km :: 1st
1893 – World Championship, Track, Sprint, Chicago :: 1st
1894 – GP de l´UVF, Sprint (FRA) :: 1st
1894 – National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite :: 1stZimmerman w/highwheel