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...
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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...
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Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby. It sets the international...
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This is a list of notable roller derby leagues, and may include those that are no longer in existence. Existence dates, where known, are included to provide...
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particular. Sport roller skating includes speed skating, roller hockey, roller derby, figure skating and aggressive quad skating. The earliest roller skates known...
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The Roller Derby Hall of Fame, also known as the National Roller Derby Hall of Fame, was founded in 1952, by the editors of the Roller Derby News paper...
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The Roller Derby Skateboard was the first mass-produced skateboard, sold by the Roller Derby Skate Company as a "Skate Board" (without the "#10").[citation...
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sport of roller derby listed by topic and format, and then year. Although 100% of any book listed is not necessarily devoted to roller derby, all these...
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Ronnie Smith Robinson (25 September 1938 – April 2001) was an American roller derby skater and coach. The son of boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, Robinson grew...
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The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament formerly organized by Blood & Thunder magazine, and currently organized...
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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...
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Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in New York City, New York. Founded in late 2003, Gotham is the first flat track roller derby league...
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This Is Roller Derby is a 2011 Australian documentary film by Daniel Hayward on four Australian roller derby teams over the course of a season. The film...
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Junior roller derby is the sport of roller derby, modified for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age. The sport is played in both modified-contact...
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USA Roller Derby represents the United States in international roller derby, in events such as the Roller Derby World Cup. The team's first international...
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Sacramento Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Sacramento, California. Originally two separate leagues founded in 2006,...
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Leo Seltzer (category Roller derby)
credited as the creator of the sport of roller derby, and was the founder and head of the original Roller Derby league from 1935 until his son Jerry Seltzer...
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Houston Roller Derby (HRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Houston, Texas. HRD was founded in early 2004, and is a founding member...
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Look up Derby or derby in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Derby is a city in Derbyshire, England. Derby or The Derby may also refer to: Derby, Tasmania...
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Connecticut CT RollerGirls, Naugatuck, Connecticut Gotham Roller Derby, Hunter Sportsplex, Manhattan, New York Jersey Shore Roller Girls, Asbury Park...
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Whip It (film) (category Roller derby films)
her 2007 novel Derby Girl. It stars Elliot Page as a teenage girl from the fictional town of Bodeen, Texas, who joins a roller derby team. The film also...
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contemporary Portland, Oregon and details how the hero, Astrid, becomes a roller derby skater. It was named a Newbery Honor book in 2016. Astrid's mother takes...
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Downhill Skateboarding Inline Freestyle Inline Hockey Rink Hockey Roller Derby Roller Freestyle Skateboarding Inline speed skating Skateboarding events...
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Rat City Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls, LLC, the league has...
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with a men's roller derby team called the Cleveland Guardians. The Cleveland Guardians roller derby team has competed in the Men's Roller Derby Association...
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Angel City (section Roller Derby)
"City of Angels" or occasionally "Angel City" Angel City Derby, Los Angeles-based roller derby league Angel City FC, Los Angeles-based women's soccer team...
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Canada in women's international roller derby. The current team was first formed to compete at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, and finished the tournament...
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Texas Roller Derby (TXRD), formerly known as Texas Lonestar Rollergirls, is a banked-track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2001...
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Akron Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Akron, Ohio. Two separate Akron-based leagues, NEO Roller Derby and Rubber City...
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Denver Roller Derby (DRD) is a flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. The league was founded in December 2005. Denver Roller Derby is a...
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