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Schwinn dropped its racing team after the 1986 season he accepted a sales position at Schwinn Sales West in Southern California. As for racing, he
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This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever-changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.
426:. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles.
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668:. It seems that it was the third or fourth time it had happened and he schedule surgery for later in September. A week before that operation he dislocated his left arm playing
563:. Indeed, Mike Poulson was the only pro of any nation to participate. Instead a select number of older amateur experts from numerous nations were slated to race him. He won.
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919:"The Mike Poulson Story; Or How Mike Gets The Point"
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933:Mini interview during North Park NBL National
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916:June 1982 Vol.7 No.6 pg.36 Full page sidebar.
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947:"How I Won That Race"
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288:40 (US$ 79.19 in 2007
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835:Total BMX:
811:BMX Plus!:
781:Super BMX:
611:collarbone
586:BMX Action
304:See above
92:Discipline
43:1965-01-04
1247:BMX Plus!
1235:BMX Plus!
1223:BMX Plus!
1187:BMX Plus!
1160:BMX Plus!
1148:Super BMX
1112:BMX Plus!
1088:BMX Plus!
1076:Super BMX
1064:BMX Plus!
1052:Super BMX
1023:Super BMX
993:BMX Plus!
907:Super BMX
900:BMX Plus!
862:BMX Today
842:NBA World
704:June 2010
622:mini-bike
588:magazine.
374:Pro Neck:
154:1983-1986
137:1980-1983
121:1979-1980
670:football
666:baseball
598:Injured
328:Retired:
132:Pro Neck
111:Off Road
430:Amateur
424:italics
362:Amateur
87:Retired
859:&
845:&
796:&
778:&
609:Broke
540:(USBA)
71:Weight
63:Height
961:Notes
630:tibia
527:(ABA)
514:(NBL)
501:(NBA)
420:Note:
355:Note:
296:Note:
202:Note:
103:Racer
769:None
600:knee
545:None
532:None
519:None
506:None
488:None
478:None
440:None
286:US$
183:U.S.
162:1987
129:1980
100:Role
37:Born
799:Go:
699:.
1294::
1167:^
1030:^
1000:^
985:^
968:^
334:.
55:,
45:)
955:.
706:)
702:(
617:.
344:*
41:(
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