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The Los Angeles T-Birds team in 1983. Roller Games was the name of a sports entertainment spectacle created in the early 1960s in Los Angeles, California [1] as a rival to the Jerry Seltzer-owned Roller Derby league, which had enjoyed a monopoly on the sport of roller derby — and its name — since its inception in 1935.
Los Angeles Thunderbirds Ralph Valladares (July 31, 1936 – November 13, 1998), often known as Ralphie Valladares , was a roller derby skater and coach. Born in Guatemala , Valladares moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was twelve years old.
The history of roller derby traces the evolution of roller skating races into a unique sport which underwent several boom-and-bust cycles throughout the 20th century. . Although it was a form of sports entertainment for much of its existence, a grassroots, early 21st century revival spearheaded by women has restored an emphasis on ath
She tried out and was soon picked up as a professional, skating for the San Francisco Bombers. She cultivated an obnoxious persona, but preferred the games themselves to remain genuine contests. She later also skated for the Philadelphia Warriors, [2] spent nine years with the Los Angeles Thunderbirds, and captained the New York Bombers. [3]
Earlene Brown (née Dennis; June 11, 1935 – May 1, 1983) was an American athlete notable for her careers in track and field and roller games.She competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the shot put and discus throw and won a bronze medal in the shot put in 1960; she finished fourth in the discus in 1956.
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The film is an inside look at the world of Roller Games, then a popular league sport-entertainment, a more theatrical version of roller derby.. The story focuses on K.C. Carr, who has just left her former team in Kansas City, Missouri, to start her life as a single mother over again in Portland, Oregon, with a team called the Portland Loggers.