Overview
Josephine 'Ma' Bogash was one of the two inaugural inductees into the National Roller Derby Hall of Fame in 1952. As the matriarch of the Bogash skating family, she competed during the sport's original endurance and early banked-track years, and her career bridged the sport's earliest competitive era and its emergence as a national spectator phenomenon.
Her son, Billy Bogash, was inducted the following year (1953), making the Bogashes the first parent-and-child Hall of Fame pairing in roller derby history. The specific arenas, teams, and seasons of her playing career are documented in family archives and roller derby retrospectives; this archive continues to research and verify additional detail.
- Squad
- female
Career & timeline
- Years active
- 1930s–1940s
- Primary roles
- skater
No dated career milestones for Josephine "Ma" Bogash are on file yet. As archival records are reviewed and dated, career entries will appear here.
Teams & affiliations
No teams have been linked to Josephine "Ma" Bogash yet. Curated team affiliations and roster appearances will appear here once verified by the archive's research staff.
Events & matches
Game, match, and tournament appearances for Josephine "Ma" Bogash will appear here as event records are curated. The archive's events collection is being assembled and connections are added incrementally.
Media
No verified media has been linked to this profile yet. Photographs, programs, film, and clippings will appear here after archival review.
Programs & clippings
Game programs, magazine features, and newspaper clippings connected to this profile will appear here as they are digitized and described.
Stories
Anecdotes, memorials, and community-curated stories about Josephine "Ma" Bogash will appear here as they are reviewed by the archive's editorial team.
Awards & recognition
Hall of Fame inductee
Formal recognition by the archive’s Hall of Fame committee.
- National Roller Derby Hall of Fame · class of 1952
Sources & research status
Curated archival record · 0 documented career records on file
- Biography
- Verified
- Career
- Partial
- Teams
- Research needed
- Events
- Research needed
- Media
- Pending
- Recognition
- Verified
- Sources
- Verified