Roller Games was the name of a sports entertainment spectacle created in the early 1960s in Los Angeles, California as a rival to the Jerry Seltzer-owned Roller Derby league, which had enjoyed a monopoly on the sport of roller derby since its inception in 1935. Roller Games provided a mostly televised, increasingly theatrical version of the sport Roller Games and its flagship team, the Los Angeles Thunderbirds (T-Birds) has endured with several Roller Derby Stars. Great Skating action featuring the talents of Gwen Miller Donna Young Ray Robles Darlene Langlois Georgia Hause Big John Johnson Ralph Valladares George Adams John Hall John Drew Juanita Ricardo Debbie Garvey Vicki McEwen Sam Washington Frank Macedo Anna Anaya and many others.