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Joan Weston

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Athlete

The Resume

    (January 20, 1935-May 10, 1997)
    Born in Huntington Beach, California
    Roller derby star
    Captain of the San Francisco Bay Bombers
    Nicknames included the Blonde Bomber, Blonde Amazon, Golden Girl and Roller Derby Queen
    Inspired the Raquel Welch movie 'Kansas City Bomber' (1972)

Why she might be annoying:

    She blamed her mother for her parents' divorce and said, 'I never knew my mother as a child. I never wanted to.'
    At her roller derby debut she caused a nine-player pile-up when she fell down in front of the pack.
    She said she would never coach because 'That's a man's job,' adding, 'I can hear the screams from Gloria Steinem and company now.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She won the Hawaii outrigger canoe championship (1962).
    She was named to 19 consecutive roller derby all-star teams.
    She was the highest-paid female athlete of the 1960s.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 55.88% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 48 Votes: 52.08% Annoying