HALL OF FAME · CLASS OF 2005
Class of 2005
Ten inductees, including the Seltzer family executives who created and sustained the sport.
Bobbie Johnstone
HOF · CLASS OF 2005
skater
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Detailed biography pending
Buddy Atkinson Jr.
HOF · CLASS OF 2005
skater
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Detailed biography pending
Carl Payne
HOF · CLASS OF 2005
skater
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Detailed biography pending
George Copeland
HOF · CLASS OF 2005
skater
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Detailed biography pending
Jack "Toddy" Geffinger
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skater
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Detailed biography pending
Jerry Seltzer
HOF · CLASS OF 2005
executive · promoter
Took over Roller Derby from his father Leo in 1958 and ran the sport's national operations through its televised peak until 1973. Inducted as an executive in 2005; died July 2019.
Joe Nygra
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skater
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Detailed biography pending
Leo Seltzer
HOF · CLASS OF 2005
executive · promoter
Created Roller Derby in 1935 in Chicago; built it from an endurance walking-skating contest into a banked-track contact sport with national television exposure. Inducted into the Hall of Fame as an executive in 2005.
Monta Jean Payne
HOF · CLASS OF 2005
skater
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Detailed biography pending
Shirley Hardman
HOF · CLASS OF 2005
skater
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Detailed biography pending
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