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- At her peak in the 60's, Joanie Weston was as famous a female athlete as Billie Jean King and Peggy Fleming. But, of course, she was famous with the wrong people. It wasn't tennis whites or figure skates she wore.
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Jan 4, 1998 · At her peak in the 60's, Joanie Weston was as famous a female athlete as Billie Jean King and Peggy Fleming. But, of course, she was famous with the wrong people.
- Joanie Weston, 62, a Big Star In the World of Roller Derbies
Joanie Weston, a strapping power hitter who passed up a...
- Joanie Weston, 62, a Big Star In the World of Roller Derbies
May 25, 1997 · Three decades ago, young girls watched raptly as the “Blonde Bomber” of Roller Derby whizzed around the track, knocking down competitors with a bump of the hips and flashing her trademark smile....
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.
At her peak in the 60's Joanie Weston was as famous a female athlete as Billie Jean King and Peggy Fleming. But, of course, she was famous with the wrong people. It wasn't tennis whites or figure skates she wore.
Jul 13, 1997 · Joan Weston-Scopas was one of the fiercest competitors in the sport, a staple of the days before in-line skates and color TV. But she finally met an opponent she could not beat - not an L.A....
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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...
Aug 24, 2010 · It's one of the best research questionsever: "Wikipedia says a Roller Derby star named Joan Weston went to the Mount. Can you check it out?" As I said at the time, you can't make this stuff up. And it turned out to be true -- Joan Weston did indeed attend Mount St. Mary's College but never graduated.
