Wendell Rollins

Wendell Rollins was unusual for his era as he was a cyclist from Salt Lake City and was not from the US hotbeds of cycling in New Jersey, California, or St. Louis, but he represented a New York area club, the Unione Sportiva Italiana. At the 1948 Olympic Trials, Rollins finished third in the sectional event in Paterson, New Jersey, and then was third at the first road race qualifier in Milwaukee, which placed him on the Olympic team. Rollins was a veteran of World War II, worked as a brick mason, and was a member of the Mormon Church.