Jerry Seltzer, the president of Bay Promotions, Inc., in Oakland, Calif., is still fuming. When the TV show What’s My Line? telephoned from New York to ask for one of his girl skaters to appear ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Jerry Seltzer, the promoter and owner of the original Roller Derby that was invented in Chicago, has died. He was 87. Seltzer's father, Leo, came up with concept 84 years ago with ...

She graduated in June and left the next day for the West Coast. In 1959, Leo Seltzer handed the reins to his son, Jerry. The younger Seltzer decided to take a new tack: Maintain the athleticism of ...

The death in early July at age 87 of the American Jewish entrepreneur Jerry Seltzer, owner and manager of the last touring professional roller derby league, turns a page on an activity with a ...

“She loved to whip the crowd into a frenzy,” said Jerry Seltzer, who began promoting roller derby in the 1950s after taking over the league that his father, Lou, began in the 1930s. Jim ...