(1973) Roller Derby Chiefs vs Bombers 1st Half

[@gramps-wr8dr]

I was one 12yrs old mom would watch it and I love it too. I'm 62yrs old now and I can still remember Judy Arnold I love the rollerderby

[@AlanTClark]

You are just a few years older than me, but I remember watching it in 1975 at 8 years old, and I absolutely love the roller derby, and I like the older roller derby better than the more recent stuff. Maybe because it’s nostalgic to me.

[@Mbcoinsnet]

I'm right there with ya, Living on long island we watched this along with wrestling all the time.

[@manuelvargas178]

You are not alone, me too remember salt Vega,Judy Arnold, and the famous the whale 🐳,,

[@manuelvargas178]

By the way I was living outside of USA territory, living in the Dominican Republic but then,, now in USA I’m 63 now,,, remember those days like yesterday 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@mayormc]

Wow, can't believe I found this. I remember watching this after pro wrestling on Saturdays as a kid. How very 70's.

[@carloscross6686]

mayormc.

[@nibsvkh]

I was in Eastern Ontario and the same schedule..wrestling then roller derby on Saturday afternoon.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

60's in our house.

[@gloriafarrior2806]

Oh yeah. i remember

[@YhwhKhaiMostHigh]

Exactly. Roller derby is the nugget we found on the U channels along with wrestling. Those were the good old days. Great memories.

[@lindaeasley4336]

Roller Derby used to be a fairly popular sport to watch on TV in the 1960s and 70s. I remember as a kid my family tuning in to watch .Our favorite team was the LA Thunderbirds

[@ZackfromNoHo]

Whoa Nellie! That was one of the catchphrases of Derby announcer Dick Lane. The L.A. T-birds vs Bay Bombers rivalry wasn't as big as the Dodgers vs Giants of baseball, but it was a real thing. Nowadays Roller Derby is mostly played by women in semi-pro leagues. I have a friend who used to play in the Dallas Derby Devils league in Texas. The players give themselves cool derby names that made it more fun. Great sport!

[@juanitaolguin1119]

Mike Gammon, one of the greatest skaters passed this year. It was a joy to watch him skate.

[@bartonpercival3216]

Finding this is a treasure. My family use to go to Kezar pavilion on Sundays to watch the roller derby matches, we'd also go to the Oakland coliseum arena and the Cow Palace when they played there too. My favorite memories are when the roller derby would have their games at the old San Jose civic auditorium. We'd have dinner at San Jose Joe's then head over to the game!!!!! 👍

[@Tiberius291]

My sister and I loved watching Roller Derby as kids back in the 70's.

[@donaldmoore4412]

Roller derby is like wrestling on wheels! I grew up watching this 70's Great stuff! The women were ferocious warriors. Way better then the men's fights. .

[@EndingSummerwithRalph]

I watched Rollerball (again) last night and wanted to watch Roller Derby from back in the day, for me the 1970's. Thanks!

[@rooseveltbrentwood9654]

this is so much better than the modern roller derby ive seen. the level of casual violence is awesome.

[@joeschmo5021]

Dude , can you imagine getting hit in the face by rollerskates from a drop kick?

[@coneyislandboo9048]

I trained at the Roller Derby Training School in Philly back in the 70's. Ronnie Robinson, Buddy Atkinson Jr. and his wife Dru were the trainers.

[@Melissa-SC73]

I agree in so many ways. I’ve watched some modern Roller Derby and it is nothing like this. Heck, some of it isn’t even a track and I have no idea what they are doing. Just a bunch of blocking (they weren’t even moving) and no rolling and it is on the floor. Odd I tell ya. The old roller derby is the best.

[@NYRNGR1]

@@Melissa-SC73 That modern shit you've seen is NOT Roller Derby! THIS is!

[@Melissa-SC73]

@@NYRNGR1 You’ve got that right! I don’t even know why they use the name of Roller Derby these days. It’s definitely not & it is so so stupid. If they would have continued the way they did it back in the late 50’s to 70’s, then maybe they’d draw in a crowd.

[@JJN259]

RIP Walt Harris, Jerry Seltzer and all of the skaters who have left us. We love you!

[@marksheehan8442]

would LOVE to see the second half, this was a great rivalry and an exciting game to watch.

[@EastbayGene]

Trained at a derby school in Alameda In the 60's...banked tracks are way fun to skate !

[@bartonpercival3216]

My brother and me trained there in maybe 73. The old Buddy Atkinson Sr training center off Webster in Alameda. My mother would pick us up after practice at the Jack in the Box on Webster. We use to go to Kezar pavilion on Sundays to watch the games, and also when they had their games at the Oakland coliseum or the Cow Palace!!! 👍

[@sharonmorgan6321]

Loved watching on TV in the 70s..along with the wrestling

[@garyc6183]

At about 3:15 or so, "Everything's legal when no ones looking", classic! Used to watch these as a kid!

[@georgegong6813]

LOL! Walt Harris always had a way with words didn't he!? LOL!

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

Especially the chicks. The guys were much more "sportsmanlike."

[@michaelanderson5232]

Gary, I don't know what you mean "when no one's looking". This was on broadcast television.

[@garyc6183]

@@michaelanderson5232 Listen to the announcer, that's what he says just after the 3:15 mark. I'm sure he was referring to the "referee's" .

[@mzukisiqunta8774]

I have by pure chance found this sport, while trying to find lessons on skating. In my country it isn’t a thing. This is incredible, it’s like the Circus chariot races. Enthralling! 🎉

[@fearlessfosdick160]

Yeah. Unfortunately, today it is pretty dull by comparison.

[@KydenBufect]

Americans are crazy lol

[@Baneslayer]

Roller derby! Memories watching this as a kid.

[@johnsmith-rb2yz]

I was a Roller Derby fan in the late 1960’s and early 70’s. L.A. Thunderbird fan. Terri Lynch, Liz Hernandez, Danny Reilly, And so many others. It was fun.....

[@kevinm6790]

Yes!! Loved Danny Reilly and Ronnie Rains plus so many others!

[@finalscorce]

Dammmm this brings back memories when I was a kid, I would watch this with my grandma...🤣

[@marshamariner7897]

Me too....and go to games w her...cow palace...kezar pavilion in SF....50s-70s...that was a great time🖖✌️✌️😽😺

[@imogeneclark2518]

Let's bring back Roller Derby.. absolutely this would be a smash

[@mikiex]

Err its already back :)

[@1060michaelg]

@@mikiex How the hell did I miss that? LOL!

[@NYRNGR1]

@@mikiex NO, it isn't! That modern shit is NOT Roller Derby. It's garbage.

[@joemonteleonezollo4967]

Modern roller derby is a watered down lazy version. No continues motion , blocking from the front,not the back as you are skating forward, no bank track with rails. No coed teams doesn't cut it. The uniforms must come back the spandex uniforms have to go. The skaters of today are so out of shape and lack the intensity of the past. Let's leave sexual preferences out of the game. In the past it was not an issue. Kick ass men and woman it was exciting! Bring that back I'll be a big fan again and people will come and fill arenas . Not like today. What certain people touch, they ruin!

[@DJHockeyGoalHorns]

​@@joemonteleonezollo4967 ok but also consider that roller derby back then was PROVEN to be fake and scripted

[@michaellocke48]

They competed like pro wrestling in 1970 when I was 10

[@ChrisBryant-g2g]

I ran into roller derby doing the 80s they need to bring it back on television😊

[@deniswilson8152]

Glad i was round to appreciate this 70s trend

[@JR-yl5iw]

Man I remember this like yesterday my big cousin Wayne use to take us to see the Bombers at the Pavilion in Oakland California man I ❤️ seeing this .I remember on the way home we would be acting like we were skaters trying to score jamming each other all the way 🏠 home

[@williebowen1043]

Honey Sanchez, Patsy Delgado, Deanna Booher,Darlene Langolis, and Sally Vega.Are favorite Roller Derby Beauties

[@ricolewis2949]

Skinny Minnie Miller

[@hoskinmage]

I wish we had REAL sports like this today. You know something that is real and not scripted

[@michaelmcgowen8780]

Sorry to rain on your parade, but roller derby was scripted too.

[@DSwirlman]

I don't want to piss on your parade, but this isn't anymore real than the Professional wrestling. Do you think someone could kick you with a roller skate and and 20 seconds later your just fine?

[@lunapyrope9683]

There is real Roller Derby today and it’s pretty intense

[@NYRNGR1]

@@lunapyrope9683 That's NOT Roller Derby. That's crap.

[@macdavis6925]

@@DSwirlman yea I was like no way they are just fine, glad to know its scripted, regardless its fun to watch

[@baxter6504]

I would watch roller derby every Saturday afternoon on WBFF channel 45 in Baltimore!!

[@ricolewis2949]

ROH Wrestling comes on WBFF it’s still a channel

[@max.r1484]

the Legends Charlie O'Connel and Mike Gammon

[@caelroighblunt1956]

geographer 4 fun The rules are pretty simple. 5 players each team. Up to 2 "jammers" per 1 minute "jam". Jammers start at the back of the pack and have to skate through then around the track again before they can score by passing the opponents. 1 point per jammer per passed opponent. First jammer can end the jam after scoring 1 point. There are other rules but, really, pretty much anything goes as long as you didn't get caught. It was fun to watch at 10 years old. Just kinda funny now.

[@georgegong6813]

Still fun IMHO. I'd give a lot of money to the person that has old tapes of Jerry Seltzeer's IRDL prior to the last season of 1973

[@bobbysutton460]

Used to watch this all the time and I wouldn't mess with any of those women.

[@kathyhudson6525]

wow, what memories! This is some next level owie!

[@redssmith9776]

Wow this is cool I remember watching this when I was a kid,I remember the chief's and the bombers,that's cool you find these great work

[@chrispeare]

12:27. Damn. He got knocked into a different dimension.

[@horrido666]

Brings back memories. Interesting to see how roller derby has changed. I dont see nearly as much checking now. I thought the tracks look smaller now, but that's just my faulty memory of how big the tracks used to be, I think.

[@tsbonner]

Jim Croce's "Roller Derby Queen" brought me here! "Round and round, Oh round and round!" 😀😍

[@Phoenix85006]

I remember when ESPN tried to revive roller derby in the early 80s and I liked it, lots of fun but it didn't last long. Skinny Minnie Gwen Miller was fun to watch and Anna Anaya was a great villain!

[@arky5610]

used to watch this every Saturday here in Arkansas, the bay city bombers always comes back to win at the end ,lol

[@chrischula32]

RIP Jerry Seltzer 1932-2019

[@horst5511]

Benny hill was on after this in tacoma Wa. 11pm, had to sneak up to watch ahhh...

[@paladin1726]

Benny Hill and Portland Wrestling

[@hugonarvaez2944]

I was just thinking,," Why don't they have this anymore?".... Oh yah,, liability... people suing ...yep! This is done! Will be missed!

[@chucklaneChuckylane]

Living here in Reno, NV., we used to have like 3 channels on tv like most people in the 70's and we got SF bay area sports on weekends. The Bay Area Bombers were pretty good entertainment back then, I was about 14 or 15 then and was in to motorcycle by then, but when I was stuck at home (a lot) this would fill the void. None of the uy's names are ringing a bell yet, but I'm sure as soon as the bleach blond chick show up on the screen it'll all come back. thanx for the trip in the Wayback Machine Mr. Pebody!

[@dougmphilly]

Jerry seltzer’s observation on the depth of the chiefs girls was accurate. Moreland was Dunn’s second in command. McGuire and baker was as good as a pair of jammers as you could find.

[@peterrevilla6957]

I miss those days I remember my dad taking me to the T Bird roller dome down Whittier Blvd in Pico Rivera

[@irvinklugh8858]

I LOVE ROLLER DERBY

[@ronaldharris3724]

This is what im talking about i remember this like yesterday on Saturdays on channel 45 in baltimore i used to watch this i have good time where has the time gone?

[@ShiftingDrifter]

The Baltimore Cats with Lil' Richard! Me too! lol...

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

We were RD fans in the 1960's. Even went to a few games at the State Fair Coliseum. Ann Colvello was a star. You never messed with her! She was a Bomber back then. Broke her nose a dozen times I heard. Probably from fights.

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

Dude anything from the Kezar Pavilion is going to be rough, I don't care if it's ping pong or a dog grooming competition, it's gonna be mayhem 😆

[@tennaj1367]

Shout out to Sandford & Son! 😊😊

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

This was 60's entertainment in our eastside Detroit household. They sometimes came to the State Fairgrounds. My mother, my oldest brother and my aunt would go see them. The chicks were literally bitch fights on roller skates. Ann Colvello was our star skater. RIP Ann!

[@JohnJoseph26]

BEST KZbin VIDEO EVER!!!!!!

[@randywiggins1248]

Nice. All I have seen where just short clips. This has clear video and sound. Glad someone saved the footage. Is there any similar footage from decade earlier? Thanks for uploading.

[@marks6406]

I loved Roller Derby, this is better than pro wrestling ......still as exciting now as it was then.

[@vincevargas7892]

Great Video...Bay Area Bombers. What memories

[@Richard-od7yd]

The guy who taught me to Shoot a firearm left handed and how to Roller Skate was Bill Smith of The CHIEFS .

[@skies4861]

this sport is serious combat 👍👍🔥🔥

[@written12]

Love the way they mention that such and such a building is air conditioned. Some of their old venues must have been sweat palaces in the summer.

[@psw4763]

Good teams competing. It was fun watching them battle it out

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

I'll bet if you wrote to that PO Box in Oakland in 2020 you'd be in for a surprise 😉

[@redssmith9776]

I am putting a tube page together, I believe I will have a show if possible debating these shows from the reality shows peoples thoughts and there ideas ,and where we went wrong ,I hope you all join in on this !

[@Melissa-SC73]

A lot more fans/ more people in the audience than they do now. Perhaps if they did it now the way they did back then, they’d have a bigger audience.

[@spencerwebb7391]

I WAS AT THAT MATCH AT SHEA STADIUM WHEN THE CHIEFS BEAT THE BOMBERS........IN OVERTIME...........SHEA WENT CRAZY

[@georgegong6813]

Wow love to hear more whenever you get a chance. 12 years old @ the time couldn't fly to Shea Stadium to watch it in person!

[@spacewolfjr]

Seeing this reminds me of watching these matches live, sneaking in a pot of spaghetti and hoping to catch a flying tooth or two.

[@ttlg-theturtlelordgamging9339]

Some stuff you just forget was real lol

[@maddogwrestlingfan]

wow.. this was a suprise.. thanks...

[@arthurlangarica3550]

Wow please send more roller derby videos. Where did you find this one,?

[@tvs3497]

The forgotten sport. Considering today's political climate, it could make a comeback if you could pit the SF Dems vs the Tampa Bay Reps. I'd pay $40 to see some Dems get knocked on their ass.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

WELL THEY MENTIONED COMING UP A MATCH RACE BETWEEN MIKE GAMMON AND TONY ROMAN. I WOULD HAVE LOVED FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE VIDEO OF THIS AND SEE WHO WON.

[@chriszenko6355]

I saw the Chiefs play the Jolters when I was a kid. It as a fun time. . I liked roller derby better than wrestling lol

[@Nicovertime]

I was at the Shea Stadium games!

[@BM-979]

They’re throwing working punches

[@speedysteve9121]

How long until it's an olympic sport?

[@michaelanderson5232]

We used to watch this. In contrast to Lawrence Well, yeah, the 50's & 60's were really weird.

[@flyboysteven9979]

I went to a roller derby game once and managed to get Joanie Weston's autograph...the blonde amazon...lol...its like studio wrestling on wheels

[@williamcovarrubias1070]

Does anyone remember ' Kansa City Bomber' with Rachel Welch ?

[@briannotafan3368]

still better than today's fake ass reality TV

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

I have had it explained to me multiple times and I still have no idea how this game works.

[@hatednyc]

This is why people think that elbows, punches, kicks and trips are allowed in RD today. As a kid a remember it being like this but I saw recent game play and it had minimal violence

[@sport2ful]

I believe the bouts from TXRD in Austin, TX comes the closes to matching this.

[@davemail]

Make Roller Derby violent again.

[@naturna7]

This brings back memories, this used to come on TV when color TV's was for rich people lmao 😄🤣

[@redssmith9776]

Can anyone who grew up like me watching TV like this from the 40,50,60,70,s would say if TV stayed like this, and not this garbage they have put on today,do you think life would be better if we had these shows or reality is better for people to see today murder mayham, stupidness,

[@lego4av]

ok , please is there a video link explaining about this sport , game ,fight , what is going on ?

[@CCHighlightss]

Geographer 4 fun skate and beat peoples asses

[@georgegong6813]

Jammers from break away from the pack have a 1 minute to reach the rear of the pack. Any member of the opposing team passed they get credit for a point.

[@guapounggoy]

The theme from Punch-Out!!

[@malcolmschnauzer1054]

Who else remembers "Big Bertha"???

[@kathykotlan1130]

Yes,I remember herI think she was in that movie with Raquel Welch?

[@ezOqekuRitusohI]

2:14 to 2:30 they just destroyed that girl!

[@davedzwilewski5195]

Great athletes

[@deadeye4520]

It's very reminiscent of professional wrestling.

[@DRIVEIN101]

With Charlie O'Connell and Joanie Weston as the "male and female Bruno Sammartinos" of Roller Derby

[@BigBoshV]

Interestingly... Dave Meltzer, head of the Wrestling Observer, was a huge fan of roller derby. He used to write reports about it and often mentions it in his newsletters.

[@MarqueeTee]

is that match race between Mike Gammon and Tony Roman mentioned in this game, posted?

[@NYRNGR1]

They never televised match races in the IRDL.

[@exitscreaming]

Wow , such memories . I was a teenager back in 73' and was having an affair with a married Jammer on the Bombers ( She'll go nameless ) . It then became an issue when I started seeing a Striker and the team soon disbanded . I've always blamed myself for that .

[@LenHarms]

Why isn't this a VR game??

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

Because people today don't have guts.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

@@freddymarcel-marcum6831 with VR you don't have to have guts. it's a completely immersed alternate reality. If you get hit, no one is hurt.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

roller derby would honestly be a great VR game... even just reviving real life roller derby with augmented reality for people in my generation would be awesome. Ubisoft released a game I can only describe as "if roller derby incorporated american football" and it's so cool but it kinda flew under the radar. I'm imagining a huge open air rink in some sunny place like California where actual roller derby teams compete to get a digital AR ball into a very real net while also jostling each other.... that'd be pretty awesome.

[@brpitrepeters7983]

I remember Skinny Minny

[@mayhempilot6158]

Long live Jerry the King.

[@nate_4333]

Who here in 2024

[@kathykotlan1130]

Love watching these older games.I think it was more of a sport then the modern Roller derby.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

I don't remember this movie being filmed with that same camera they take all them UFO pictures with...

[@OpusDeFocus]

@2:26 That HAD to hurt!

[@sb_46]

Please bring it back lol

[@michaelangileo2760]

Did they change their uniforms ??? - thank you !!! -

[@GOODNPLENTY58]

How would I go about finding the T-birds vs the Pioneers in Chicago.

[@goldenclassictv]

I don't know. The number of programs is limited...especially complete programs...1st and 2nd half. Jim

[@carloscross6686]

PAUL WASHINGTON.

[@georgegong6813]

That game was never broadcasted for television. One only gets a brief promo of it though not much. Not many of the interleague games were broadcasted on television. They would had been nice to see!

[@johnped63]

Roller derby often followed wrestling it seems

[@spectrumlocalb191]

HI DO YOU HAVE THESE REMASTERED GAMES ON DVD.

[@MuddySyrup]

Is Sandy Dunn is still around it is 1973 compare to 2016.

[@Droid1058]

Sandy Dunn turned 71 last January. I recall she retired from skating in 1987. Roller Derby games were few and far between by then. The peak years were 1968 to 1973. Just think she was only 28 in this video. The last I read she moved to Arkansas to take care of her elderly parents.

[@AlmostReady504]

As a kid it was "bring on the women so I can feel.. weird!!"