Charlie O’Connell, a Roller Derby star whose flying ... Mr. O’Connell, who was said to have skated in more than 3,000 Roller Derby games, was a native of New York, where he discovered skating ...

Ken Monte, a tall, strapping roller skater who became a star of the roller derby exhibitions and the ... the Cow Palace against the legendary Charlie O'Connell of the San Francisco Bay Bombers.

If you are of a certain age and a certain disposition, you remember Roller Derby. And if you remember ... twin pillars of strength and virtue, Charlie O’Connell and Joan Weston (the Blonde ...

Charlie O’Connell, a.k.a. “Mr. Roller Derby ... Jerry Seltzer sold the rights to the International Roller Derby League to Roller Games, a rival league based in Los Angeles.

When Mr. Seltzer took over the roller derby business in 1959 from his father, Leo, it was still the ferocious blue-collar game it had long been, with two teams of five helmeted players muscling ...

If you are of a certain age and a certain disposition, you remember Roller Derby. And if you remember ... twin pillars of strength and virtue, Charlie O’Connell and Joan Weston (the Blonde ...