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A derby name, roller derby name or skater name is a nickname used by a skater while playing or officiating roller derby. Derby names can be seen as an opportunity to adopt an alternative on-track persona. [1] Many derby names are puns, and in some cases this may extend to the skater's number. [2] Other names may be chosen to reflect a skater's ...
The following is a list of notable roller skaters and inline skaters. The list is sorted by roller skating disciplines (inline speed skating, roller inline hockey, downhill, artistic roller skating), gender and competing nationality. Note that some definitions of roller skating include inline, while others intend to specify quad skates.
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues [note 1] worldwide, though it is most popular in the United States. [2] A 60-minute roller derby game, or bout, is a series of two-minute timed jams.
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Mo Sanders (born 1971), known as Quadzilla L.K. or simply Quadzilla, is an American roller skater, who has competed at international level in roller derby and aggressive inline skating, and national level in jam skating. Sanders was born in Tacoma, Washington, USA. His father often rollerskated to work, and Sanders spent much of his spare time ...
Roller derby skaters (42 P) T. Roller derby competitions (2 C, 12 P) W. Women's Flat Track Derby Association (1 C, 21 P) ... Derby name; H. History of roller derby; J ...
In September 1957, Anderson joined the roller derby owned by Jerry Seltzer, becoming the first Black woman to play the sport. [3] She debuted the same night as George Copeland, the second Black man to skate in the derby and the first to become a popular star. [5] [3] Anderson described her treatment by her fellow skaters: [6]
Marjorie Clair Louise Theresa Brasuhn Monte (January 27, 1923 – 9 August 1971), known as Midge "Toughie" Brasuhn, [3] was a roller derby skater.. Born in St Louis, Missouri, to a German-American family, Brasuhn acquired the nickname "Midge" as a child by virtue of her height - only 4'11". [4]