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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]
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.
[2] [5] Nicknamed "Mr. Roller Derby", he went on to win the league's Most Valuable Player award eight times. [2] [3] He was most commonly associated with the San Francisco Bay Bombers for most of his career. He initially retired in 1967, but soon returned to the sport and played until 1978, before finally hanging up his skates for good. [6]
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 team's first international competition was the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, where it finished in first place after defeating Team Canada in the final. [1] Early on, it was known as "Team USA". A trademark challenge from the United States Olympic Committee led to the change to the name "USA Roller Derby" after the team's last international ...
Central New York Roller Derby [238] Washington, D.C. DC Rollergirls [239] Waterbury, CT: CT RollerGirls [240] Watertown, NY: Black River Rollers [241] Westchester County, NY: Suburbia Roller Derby [242] Westminster, MD: Chesapeake Roller Derby MADE [243] Scranton, PA: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Roller Derby [244] 2006–present Old Coal City and ...
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London Rockin' Rollers (LRR) is a flat-track roller derby league based in London, England. Founded in 2007, the league is a member of both the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association (UKRDA) [ 1 ] and the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).