Roller Derby Rules of the Game

Vintage footage of Roller Derby describing the rules of the game.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Roller
• Derby
• Bay
• Bombers
• Cardinales
• Banked
• Track
• Skating

[rdcommish]

@PoobahSCRG as if today, there are a total of 1046 leagues around the world skating Roller Derby.  all amateur, all legit.

[rdcommish]

rules of original Roller Derby (1970); pack never stops, jams 1 minute, jammers start from rear of pack.  I love today's game, but miss the continuous motion and action. this is at Oakland (Oracle) Arena, before 14,000 fans. .

[OaktownABQ]

This video is from a game at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, I'm almost certain of it. Back in the day, Roller Derby drew huge sellout crowds at the Coliseum and San Francisco Cow Palace.

Thank you for posting!

[bunkertor]

the OSDA is skating co-ed flat track and banked track derby.

[rdcommish]

@LeothePatrioticLion this is not Roller Games but Roller Derby, a huge difference.

[PoobahSCRG]

RGI seems to have fallen apart with the latest Griffiths lawsuit and Bob Sedillo's death.

Worked co-ed derby still exists in the Bay Area with ARSD, and NRDA held a game last Fall in Las Vegas.

[PoobahSCRG]

There are 32 leagues and teams with men around the world skating legit derby, mostly in the U.S. Co-ed leagues tend to be found more often on the East Coast, as the Men's Derby Coalition and OSDA are based there. There are some large men's leagues in other areas, such as the Twin Cities area of MN and Dallas. Another major men's league is in Tacoma, WA. A Google search on Roller Derby Worldwide will help you find the nearest men's league to your area.

[THXOPS]

For a couple of glorious years, the Bombers, Pioneers and Chiefs all played home games in the Bay Area, Chicago and the Midwest and New York and the NE respectively. I believe in 1971-1972, the Jolters were also a home team with a base in Cincinnati with Cliff Butler and Ann Calvello leading their team. I wish some of those games were still available

[hcjc57]

The only co-ed banked track promotions active recently are the American Roller Skating Derby in SF and Roller Games International in LA. Visit their websites for further 411.

[hcjc57]

Actually, the Pioneers, Cards, and Braves did skate a rare home game or two in their areas during the 60's road tours, but by the end of the decade, Jerry Seltzer would have Bombers V. Braves or Cards in the Midwest, Bombers V. Pioneers or Cards in the Northeast, Bombers V. Braves or Pioneers in the Northwest, while the rest of the tour was usually Bombers V. Braves or Pioneers. Back then I was a Pioneers fan.