Glass City Rollers (GCR) is a roller derby league based in Toledo, Ohio. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues. Glass City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

Glass City Rollers
League logo
Metro areaToledo, OH
CountryUnited States
Founded2007
Track type(s)Flat
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitehttps://glasscityrollerderby.org

History

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Glass City was founded in 2007[2] by Jessica "Betty Floored" Crossfield and others.[3] By late 2009, the league had twenty skaters,[4] and it opened its first season in October by playing the Fox Cityz Foxz.[5] The league later inspired the founding of the Sandusky Rollergirls.[6]

Glass City was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in April 2010,[7] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012.[8]

WFTDA rankings

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Season Final ranking[9] Playoffs Championship
2013 151 WFTDA[10] DNQ DNQ
2014 196 WFTDA[11] DNQ DNQ
2015 236 WFTDA[12] DNQ DNQ
2016 216 WFTDA[13] DNQ DNQ
2017 220 WFTDA[14] DNQ DNQ

References

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  1. ^ "Glass City Rollers – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ Pearson, Mike (8 February 2015). "On The Fast Track" (PDF). toledoblade.com. Toledo Blade. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Betty Floored". Toledo.com. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ Ann Weber, "On a roll again: The Glass City Rollers bring flat-track derby competition to Toledo", Toledo Blade, September 6, 2009
  5. ^ "Toledo's Glass City Rollers to open inaugural season[permanent dead link]", Toledo Blade, October 29, 2009
  6. ^ Kelly Metz, "Derby not a trend or fad, it’s a way of life[permanent dead link]", The Morning Journal, April 3, 2011
  7. ^ "WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 13 New Leagues Archived August 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 8 April 2010
  8. ^ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Member Leagues Archived May 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine", 1 March 2012
  9. ^ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  10. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014". WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2017". WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2019.