YEAR · 1952
1952
VerifiedThe National Roller Derby Hall of Fame is established. Inaugural class: Josephine 'Ma' Bogash and Johnny Rosasco.
Events this year
Hall of Fame inductees this year
Johnny Rosasco
One of the two inaugural inductees into the National Roller Derby Hall of Fame in 1952, honored for his foundational role in the sport's first decade.
Josephine "Ma" Bogash
Inaugural 1952 inductee and matriarch of the Bogash skating family; her son Billy Bogash followed her into the Hall of Fame in 1953.