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Oct 24, 2019 · If you watched The Roller Game of the Week Sundays on Philadelphia’s WKBS Channel 48 or WPHL Channel 17, you might remember one of the Warriors’ top skaters and general managers, Buddy...
Buddy Atkinson Sr: real showman Ronnie Rains: craziest Dave Battersby: old roommate Ken Monte: supersonic Sean Atkinson: my favorite new era skater. Women: Judy Arnold: just great Judi McGuire: fun stuff Margie Laszlo: crazy & fun lady Diane Syverson: bad ass Joan Weston: good gal Ann Calvello: sorry to see her gone
His collection of Roller Derby memorabilia is the largest in the world. He made contact with former skaters, including Calvello, Gerry Murray, Billy Bogash, Ivy King and Buddy Atkinson, Sr. and, by early 2004, his house was described by Time Out as an unofficial roller derby hall of fame.
NameRoleDate InductedDelores Tuckerskater2016Nick Scopasskater2016Rosetta Sundersskater2016Norma Rossnerskater2016first few months, we had small audiences,” former star Buddy Atkinson Jr. recalled. “After a few months, we started selling out the Philadelphia Arena.” It has been several decades since the Warriors and roller derby disappeared. from Philadelphia and the other cities where it flourished in the 1960s and. 1970s.
Writer: The Beverly Hillbillies. Buddy Atkinson was born in 1918 in Madison, Georgia, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Emergency! (1972) and The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970). He died on 8 August 1994 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer, Producer
- August 8, 1994
- Buddy Atkinson
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If you watched The Roller Game of the Week Sundays on Philadelphia’s WKBS Channel 48 or WPHL Channel 17, you might remember one of the Warriors’ top skaters and general managers, Buddy Atkinson, Jr. Last month he died of cancer. He was 78, and living in Florida.
