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This is a list of notable roller derby leagues, [note 1] and may include those that are no longer in existence. Existence dates, where known, are included to provide a timeline charting the sport's growth cycles.
The Roller Derby Hall of Fame, also known as the National Roller Derby Hall of Fame, was founded in 1952, [1] by the editors of the Roller Derby News paper. Johnny Rosasco and Josephine "Ma" Bogash were the first two skaters to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. [ 1 ]
The Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby. It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition (renamed to Men's Roller Derby Association in 2011 [97]), and currently has 64 men's leagues under its jurisdiction. [98]
There are a multitude of roller derby associations in the United States. Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) [8] – 68 member leagues as of September 2019 [9] Modern Athletic Derby Endeavor (MADE) [10] – 8 member leagues [citation needed] Junior Roller Derby Association (JRDA) [11] – 118 junior roller derby member leagues as of Dec 2017 ...
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.
Many roller derby leagues are amateur, self-organized and all-female [69] and were formed in a do-it-yourself spirit by relatively new enthusiasts. [70] In many leagues (especially in the U.S.), a punk [71] [72] aesthetic and/or third-wave feminist [73] ethic is prominent. [74]
Ann gave birth to a daughter, Teri Ann Langley-Conte, on August 11, 1953. She was a perennial Roller Derby All-Star and league MVP in 1963 skating with the Mexico City Cardenales. [1] After skating with the rival Roller Games league for two years, she was inducted into the Roller Derby Hall of Fame when she returned to the original Derby in ...
Roller derby leagues by year of establishment (13 C) C. Roller derby leagues by country (13 C) N. National roller derby teams (17 P) R. Roller Derby Coalition of ...