Team · League Franchise

New York Chiefs

Overview

Founding NRDL franchise (1949). Charlie O'Connell was a founding member in the late 1940s, before joining the Bay Bombers. Documented in 1963 yearbook rosters and 1965 playoff records.

Key facts

Team type
League Franchise
Years active
1949 – ca. 1973
Decades
1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Home base
New York
Country
USA
League
International Roller Derby League (IRDL), National Roller Derby League (NRDL)

Team identity & aliases

No alternate names or aliases are on file for New York Chiefs yet.

Seasons

Season-by-season catalog is still under research. The decades below are documented from the team record; per-season detail (league, coach, captain, roster, events, tour) will populate as curators review the archive.

  • 1940s1949 – ca. 1973Research needed
  • 1950s1949 – ca. 1973Research needed
  • 1960s1949 – ca. 1973Research needed
  • 1970s1949 – ca. 1973Research needed

Rosters

Season-keyed rosters for New York Chiefs are not yet split out. Documented people associated with this team appear in the "Related people" section below; once season-by-season cataloguing begins, rosters will surface here.

Tours & travel

No tour itineraries (tour name, year, stop order, dates, venues, participating teams) are on file for New York Chiefs yet. As programs and clippings are reviewed, tours will appear here with geography metadata.

Events & games

  1. 1949-1973

    Team Verified

    Active: 1949-1973

    New York Chiefs is documented across this period.

Undated archival records

  1. across eras

    Legacy Likely

    Eras documented

    Spans Competing professional leagues, 1961-1973, Multi-era, NRDL and classic television era, 1949-1960

Venues & geography

Home base
New York
Country
USA

Detailed venue records (track names, addresses, dates of use, capacity) for New York Chiefs are not yet catalogued. As programs and clippings are reviewed, venues will appear here.

Related people

No person-to-team relationships are on file for New York Chiefs yet. As skaters, captains, coaches, and staff are linked, they will appear here as compact cards linking to their canonical profile.

Media

No photographs, footage, or media records are on file for New York Chiefs yet. A single museum-style media panel will appear here once items are catalogued.

Programs & documents

No programs, posters, or printed documents are on file for New York Chiefs yet. As physical archival material is reviewed and digitized, items will appear here with citation metadata.

Awards & recognition

No awards or recognition records are on file for New York Chiefs yet.

Sources & research status

Verified archival record · 2 documented event records on file

Archive Record Status: 38% (5 sections documented, 0 partial, 8 pending research).