Derby Memoirs: A Tribute To Roller Derby History – The Day the Skating Almost Stopped.
Please click on the link above to understand why the #1 was never worn on a Roller Derby uniform after 1937.
Jun
11
2013
RollerDerbyJesus.com
The Blog and Memoirs of Jerry Seltzer.
I have always known about that tragic day when Roller Derby lost a lot of the Roller Derby family but I did not know all the details in your story, “The Day the Roller Derby Almost Stopped”. Thank you for sharing this with us as it is a part of Roller Derby history.
I heard a year or so ago from Mrs. Thomas, the 2nd wife of the bus driver…..she said he was depressed his entire life and never got over it…..a shame, another life destroyed by the crash.
How tragic! Thank you for sharing the history of roller derby.
Enjoyed this story. Thanks for bringing light to it.