YEAR · 2005
2005
VerifiedTen inductees, including the Seltzer family (Leo and Jerry).
Hall of Fame inductees this year
Bobbie Johnstone
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Buddy Atkinson Jr.
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Carl Payne
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
George Copeland
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Jack "Toddy" Geffinger
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Jerry Seltzer
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
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Leo Seltzer
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
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.
Shirley Hardman
2005 National Roller Derby Hall of Fame inductee, category: skater. Detailed biography pending.