Clik here to view.
It has to be fun or don’t do it, confessions of a Roller Derby promoter
When my older son was just seven or eight we took him and a friend to the opening of the Bay Bombers outdoor season at the San Jose Ball Park. We always had a picnic with the skaters and fans on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When is PR not really PR?
My friend Dennis Erokan and his wife Lori have been reading these posts, and I really appreciate his comments. Dennis published BAM, the music magazine of Northern California (and eventually Southern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Annie, Charlie, Joanie and me
It’s time to regress. I haven’t spoken much about the skaters in my time. They are probably still very well known today because of you tube and the wonderful book “Roller Derby to Rollerjam” by Keith...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Resurrection?
Around the turn of the century (sounds weird, huh?) I received a call from Stephen Land of Jupiter Entertainment. He had read the story Frank Deford had written for the New York Times on the sad death...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My son (by a different mother and father) Cliff Butler
It was the wonderful people of Roller Derby that made it so successful over the years….hardly a profound statement, but true. Of course there were Charlie O’Connell, Joan Weston, Ann Calvello, Bert...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Roller Derby – Original Story in Sports Illustrated by Frank...
The Roller Derby – 03.03.69 – SI Vault. If you missed it, here it is…..click above. Frank wrote his first book “Five Strides on the banked track” based on this article. It takes you back 45 years ago...
View ArticleClik here to view.
At least we didn’t play Roller Derby there.
Tonight ends one of the worst swindles in the history of San Francisco. I lived through all of it and remember…Charles Haney, a contractor, bought the worst piece of land in San Francisco at Hunter’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Five Strides on the Banked Track, the classic now available on Kindle or ebook!
Facebook. please clink on link above. Roller Derby on the road. Appeared as a short version in Sports Illustrated. This classic sold out almost immediately and was never reprinted…..available at up to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Derby’s Golden Age……for me
When most people think of the “Golden Age” they are referring to the 60’s and 70’s when Roller Derby was on 110 TV stations in the US and Canada, and we filled huge arenas and stadia and everyone knew...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jerry Seltzer bio
Jerry was born June 3,1932 in Portland, Oregon. His father Leo operated 3 movie theaters in Portland but had become intrigued with Walkathons, a marathon-type event that he then produced until 1935...
View Article
