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Darlene Anderson (born March 19, 1939) is an American roller derby skater. Anderson became the first African American woman to play professional roller derby when she was chosen as the first pick for the Brooklyn Red Devils in 1957.
[4] She regularly competed against Gerry Murray, [5] sometimes on a one-to-one basis, [6] and in 1949 took a leading role in the film Roller Derby Girl. [7] In 1950, she was voted one of the ten leading sportswomen by the Sportswriters of America, [5] and she became the captain of the Brooklyn Red Devils. [6]
The American Roller Skating Derby (ARSD) was a professional roller derby league. As of 2012, the ARSD consisted of six teams: the San Francisco Bay Bombers, the Los Angeles Firebirds (formerly the San Diego Firebirds), the Chicago Pioneers, the Brooklyn Red Devils, the Eastern Chiefs (aka the New York Chiefs) and the Orlando Thunder.
Roller derby: Team: New York Chiefs Chicago Westerners Brooklyn Red Devils Northeast Braves San Diego Clippers Mexico City Cardenales New England Braves Chicago Pioneers Los Angeles Thunderbirds: Turned pro: 1958: Retired: 1974: Now coaching: 1969–1972, 1975, 1991–1992
The Los Angeles T-Birds team in 1983. Roller Games was the name of a sports entertainment spectacle created in the early 1960s in Los Angeles, California [1] as a rival to the Jerry Seltzer-owned Roller Derby league, which had enjoyed a monopoly on the sport of roller derby — and its name — since its inception in 1935.
FILE - Soul City Sirens and Palmetto State Roller Girls players jam during a roller derby at Red Wing Rollerway in this photo from 2009. Online rumors have suggested the longtime skating rink ...
Many skaters from Roller Derby were in the IRSL, and some of the team names were the same as in Roller Derby. Initially the league was composed of the San Francisco Bay Bombers, the Midwest Pioneers, the Brooklyn Red Devils and the Manhattan Chiefs.
Kid Rock poses on the 150th Kentucky Derby red carpet Saturday. May 04, 2024. Kid Rock took a selfie with a fan on the Turf Club during the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky. on May. 4 2024.