Classic Roller Games/Derby

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Comment by Elizabeth Johnson on October 19, 2009 at 4:21am

Does anyone have some videos from the Las Vegas games from the 1980s with me in them? 'Elizabeth Johnson' - I skated for The Devils, the Hawks, the Outlaws and the Bombers and have only photos - not a single video from those days. I also did the Canadian tour and never even saw the footage from those games. LOL! It's time to drag this skeleton out of the closet.

Comment by rich miller on March 30, 2009 at 8:41pm

Started watching Roller Derby probably 1979 when I was 11. Since the first time I watched,I was hooked. My dad would take me to the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento to watch the Bay Bombers. My favorite was Bill Groll and my dad's was Alfonso Reyes. I knew that when the Jolters were coming to town,Bill and Alfonso would be going at it. Those 7 or 8 years when we went were the best years of my youth. I just wish I found Roller Derby earlier,as I could have seen Charlie O. Luckily for the internet, I can watch him and all the greats. And if Alfonso reads this, thank you for the great moments when you skated against the Bombers. You always knew how to irritate the fans.

Comment by Mark Furcick on October 9, 2008 at 8:53pm

Started watching Roller Derby back in the early 60s, the old San Francisco Bay Bomber games from Kezar Pavilion with their classic rivals such as Northeast Braves, Northwest Cardinals, Midwest Pioneers and Southern Mustangs. Lived in NYC back then and in early 70s found Philadelphia Warrior games on a UHF channel! At that same time New York Chiefs franchise was established and managed to attend almost every game at Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum and Commack Arena. Flew to San Francisco in summer of '73 and caught only live game at Kezar. Moved to Southern California in '74 and religiously attended games at Olympic Auditorium for the next decade. Watched Roller Jam when that was around too. Now occasionally catch a T-Bird game at Pomona Fairplex, not to mention the L.A. Derby Dolls. All-time favorite skaters include Charlie O'Connell, Mike Gammon, Ronnie Rains, Harold Jackson, Richard Brown, Jim Terrigno, Larry Lewis, Carolyn Moreland, Patsy Delgado, Weston & Calvello, Judi McGuire, Jennifer Marshall, Vickie McEwen and Francine Cochu.

Comment by donald moore on August 22, 2008 at 12:03pm

I am a native of Baltimore and I grew up on The Roller Games of the Week where the Warriors were the team in the area then came the Cat's. Thats when roller derby was the best. People like Miss Ruberta Mitchell, Sonja Simms, Yolanda Trovino, Gwen Miller, Lynn Congleton, Vinnie Gondolfo, Little Richard Brown, Erwin Miller, Ottis Williams, the great Big Jim Trotter Buddy Attkinson, Miss Judy Aronald and moore. Where are the videos of some of those games. Bob Mayo was the anouncer. Please find those videos and let me know how I can purchace them. Now they were classics, not only the T-Birds.

Comment by Carol Gail on July 27, 2008 at 12:39am

Hi I just loved the old Roller Game Skaters. We saw some of the best come out to Australia in the 60s. We had Valladares, Calvello, Rains, Servin, Murrell, Hocker, Stafford to name a few who skated with the Aust T-Birds. Not to mention all the great teams who against them.

Comment by BOYBLUE on May 18, 2008 at 7:29pm

WOMENS TEAM SHIRLEY HARDMAN TERRY LYNCH SALLY VEGA JUDY SOWINSKI LIZ HERNANDEZ JAN VALLOW MENS TEAM DANNY REAILY RONNIE RAINS DAVE POUND OCONNELL RICHARD BROWN CATTRELL

Comment by Dennis Duff on April 19, 2008 at 7:12pm

How about the S.F. Bombers of the ISC 1974 wow what a team Joan Weston, Ann Calvello, Delores Tucker, Annis Jensen, Barbara Baker, Rosetta Saunders And The Guys, Bob Hein,Cal Stevens, Johnny Wrice, and I can't Think of who else right now But then the Pioneers of 1972-1973 were good too. ss were Soooooooo. many others

Comment by Father James on April 16, 2008 at 9:26pm

Detroit Devils.

Comment by craig on April 11, 2008 at 2:42am

I loved roller games and especially the philadelphia Warriors I have seen a lot of the greats like Judy Arnold Jim Trotter Richard Brown Judy Sowinski It ended in my area around 1972 and I am glad to see that other people have interest in what ever happened to the skaters thank u for this website

Comment by rich besser on March 22, 2008 at 5:13pm

Add: Mike Gammon, Tony Roman, James Paul. From Rollerjam: Jason McDaniels, Mark Webber and Brian Gallinger