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#35 Harlean Khien was my auntie. What a hero! ❤❤❤

CAN SOMEONE POST THE LINEUPS FOR THE TWO TEAMS HERE. THANKS

KEN PRINCE CAN YOU DO THE TEAM LINUPS FOR THESE GAMES.

ROBERT MITCHELL SHE MUST BE 100 YEARS OLD TODAY. I DID NOT KNOW SHE HAD BEEN AROUND BACK THEN.

NO SECURITY ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRACK BACK THEN.AMAZING.

DID JAN STEVENS BECOME JAN VALLOW ?

YOU COULD ALWAYS TELL ANN CAVELLO EVEN BACK THEN BY THE WAY SHE MOVES HER ARMS. I WONDER IF ANN EVER SAW THIS BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY. I KNOW SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED SEEING THIS.

WALT HARRIS AND ELMER ANDERSON. YOU CAN HEAR HOW MUCH WALT HARRIS WAS MADE TO ANNOUNCE ROLLER DERBY. ELMER WAS THE EASTERN WARRIORS ANNOUNCER HERE IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY SOUTH JERSEY, PHILA. OUR BUILDING WAS THE CHERRY HILL ARENA IN HADDONFIELD N.J. AND WAS THE FIRST BUILDING THE EASTERN WARRIORS SKATED IN HERE WHEN THEY MOVED HERE FROM HAWAII. PAT IF YOU CAN FIND THE INTERLEAGUE GAME BETWEEN THE NORTHERN HAWKS AGAINST THE NEW YORK CHIEFS PLEASE POST IT UP HERE. IVE SEARCHED FOR IT FOR YEARS SINCE I KNEW JOHN PARKER AND BETTY BROWN.

I remember this. I was stationed here from 1987 to 1990. It was on the baseball field next to the enlisted club.

Every thing about this is just plain weird.

What year was this

This was a training game in preparation for the wsl league

Should be colorized. Young skaters don’t like roller games or ‘73 and beyond Derby. They might relate to this.

What year was this?

Such a fascinating ,addictive sport of a bygone era. I remember watching as a kid in the late 1960s and 1970s . I'm wondering when helmets started being in use because I know in the early 1950s they were not

Amazing to see this how far back 1959 that was the same year I was born. Thank you for sharing this video. 👍🇺🇸🙏🏼

wow a much faster and more athletic game with lower scoring and less theatrics and some fine skating....ah the good old days

Ok....Ann Cavallo skated for SF ....i learn new things 65 yrs later.....i always thought she was on all the other teams✌️🖖😺😽

The skaters today skate alot slower....THIS is what is still should b....hvnt seen any new games....but w u tube i hv my sunday 5pm games✌️🖖😺😽.. this is my choice for this week✌️🖖😺😽

I was only 5-6 yrs old....i kinda remember the games in the 50s....my memory is of the 60-70s ✌️✌️✌️🖖🖖😺😽

That time is no fights, no actions hurting each teams... Just a game..they all play the game...❤

Me and my grandma.....this is the earliest memory of RD...us watching TV sun or sat reruns....this and WWWF ✌️🖖😺😽✌️🖖

This is Roller Derby at its best! Plenty of action, penalties called, no fights, and not a hint of fakery! If only something like this could reappear today. There are plenty of amateur roller derby leagues out there (and around the world!), and I would imagine that with investors and ample training of the best of these skaters, a viable ROLLER DERBY league could be formed. There would certainly be some cable network out there that would pick something like this up. Well, I can dream, at least!

Terrible call by the refs at 7:06!

This is really great it's wonderful to hear Walt Harris again what year is this game?

roberta mitchell, jan vallow, judy mcguire, judy sowinski, mike gammon, charlie o'connell, - all so young.

Tragically, Roller Derby died a slow and painful death.

It must have been during the Era of Disco. Because you look at those satin clothes the Slammers had on and hear the Music of the " Star Wars " Movie, that was the Era of Disco.

Joan Lynn Highland, " The Only Female Official." Must be Irish. I almost Married an Irish Woman.

They have a Woman Reff out there. Which is mighty unusual. Especially for the 70's if indeed that is when this happened. A true rarity.

I never saw this before in my life. I notice they have the old uniforms on. I remember seeing " Bill Groll " skate in person in Chicago at the UIC Pavillion.

This is sad

Now this was real roller derby! Look at how many people were in the audience! Today’s roller derby is dumb. I don’t know why they changed it. They’d have a lot more people in attendance today if they went back to the way it was originally.

Wow, the memories here. I was so young & loved roller derby. Charlie O'Connell looks like a kid

If anyone would ever ask me how I would like to see Roller Derby return today, I would show them this video! This was Derby at its BEST! Not a fight to be seen, and pure ACTION on the track! I even caught a glimpse of good sportsmanship when AnnCavello patted an opponent on her shoulder after scoring a point on her! Oh, I can dream, at least!

Thank you for sharing this Ken! This old footage was a lot better than later ones from the 60s and 70s!!

This was the 1959 Championship Playoffs Semifinals, while the Chicago Westerners (who would defeat SF for the title in the Championship Final) would defeat the LA Braves in the other Semifinal......

Who won the Championship that year ?

This is tremendous!! Thanks for posting.

I thoroughly enjoyed this game

I also have a game from this league

This is a real gem of a find. The Hollywood Ravens were one of those teams that only lasted a year or two, when the Bombers first got going in the late 50s

Thank the crew for their lousy camera matching.

I skated there.

Where the hell did they find these outfits.

THE KID HITTING THE CHAIRS WAS COOL AS SHIT THE LAST TIME I SAW THAT WAS BY RONNIE RAINS ON THE N.Y. BOMBERS.

IM AMAZED HOW THIN THE RAILS WERE, THEY COULD HAVE CAUSED REAL INJURIES WITH NO PADDING.

JUDY SOWINSKY WOULD BECOME ROLLER GAMES BAD GIRL AS CAPTAIN OF THE NEW YORK BOMBERS WITH PHYCHO RONNIE RAINS.

YOU CAN TELL ANN CAVELLO WITH THAT DAMN SCARF FLOWING AROUND HER NECK.

WALT HARRIS WAS ALWAYS A CLASS ACT. WALT GAVE ROLLER DERBY CREDIBILITY.