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Joan Weston or Joanie Weston (January 20, 1935 – May 10, 1997), known as the "Blonde Bomber", "Blonde Amazon", "Golden Girl", and "Roller Derby Queen", was an American athlete and was the most famous personality in the original Roller Derby.
May 25, 1997 · Joanie Weston was just 12 years old when she saw Roller Derby on television. She went to the track in Los Angeles, asking if she could play.
May 18, 1997 · Joanie Weston, a strapping power hitter who passed up a promising and respectable future in softball to become the gum-chewing, power-skating, hip-bumping golden girl of Roller Derby, died on May...
Dec 4, 2011 · Joan Weston or Joanie Weston (January 20, 1935 -- May 10, 1997), known as the "Golden Girl" of the "Roller Derby. Joan Weston was a U.S. athlete and was one of the most famous personality in...
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Jan 4, 1998 · The San Francisco Bay Bombers ruled the sport, and Joanie Weston was their star. She was a gifted athlete, perhaps the best of her era -- she once hit eight home runs in a softball...
The San Francisco Bay Bombers ruled the sport and Joanie Weston was their star. She was a gifted athlete, perhaps the best of her era - she once hit eight home runs in a softball game. But the stigma attached to Roller Derby assured that she would never gain the recognition she deserved.
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Jul 13, 1997 · Joan Weston-Scopas, also known as the "Blonde Bomber" and the "Queen of Roller Derby", passed away in 1997 after a long battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. She was a talented and popular athlete who loved dogs, Disneyland and surfing.
