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Wolverine Sports Club

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The Wolverine Sports Club started as the Wolverine Wheelman in 1888. The club was based in Detroit and continued until it became a victim of the Great Depression in 1931. In 1934, Jack Fletcher reorganized the club and registered it with the ABL (Amateur Bicycle League of America) later USCF and now USA Cycling and it enjoyed continued prosperity.

There is no verification to the claim that a Wolverine Wheelman (sic) club formed in 1888 and was in any way related to the formation of the Wolverine Sports Club of the 1930s. I have researched this specific topic (e.g. Free Press archives, Polk directories) and have solicited the club for a verifiable reference, but found nothing to support the claim. The original information that the club formed in 1937 is sourced to a bicycling document published by Oakland County government in 1975 with the help of the Wolverine Sports Club.