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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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was the first attempt to bring roller derby to TV since RollerGames. RollerJam was derived from the original roller derby, but newer skaters used inline...
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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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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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Bath Roller Derby is a roller derby league based in Bath, Somerset. Founded in 2012, the league plays to the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA)...
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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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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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skating and roller hockey; and since 2011 in roller derby. USARS has been the United States representative for the International Federation of Roller Sports...
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Minnesota Roller Derby (MNRD) is a flat track roller derby league based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. Founded in August 2004 as Minnesota...
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alpine, downhill, roller derby, roller freestyle, inline freestyle, aggressive inline skating, inline figure skating and artistic roller skating. It was...
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at the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup in Dallas, Texas, Team New Zealand performed a haka on roller skates to the Australian Roller Derby team before their...
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Seltzer-owned Roller Derby league, which had enjoyed a monopoly on the sport of roller derby — and its name — since its inception in 1935. Roller Games provided...
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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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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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Philly Roller Derby (PRD) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2005, Philly Roller Derby is a founding...
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Black Bears Roller derby WFTDA Forest City Roller Derby Hammer City Roller Derby Hogtown Roller Derby Ottawa Valley Roller Derby Renegade Derby Dames Royal...
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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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