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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.
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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 · 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 one of the...
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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Joan Weston - The Blonde Bomber by Frank Deford. In the 1950's Roller Derby was a national rage. 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.
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...
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....
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. It wasn't tennis...
