Gerald Edwin "Jerry" Seltzer was the second and final owner of the original Roller Derby league.
12 Facts About Jerry Seltzer
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Jerry Seltzer attended Stanford University in 1950 and then enrolled at Northwestern University in 1951.
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Jerry Seltzer joined the United States Army in March 1954 and went to basic training at Fort Ord, California.
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Jerry Seltzer received a bachelor of science in business administration in 1956 after a stint in the army.
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In 1959, Jerry Seltzer moved the operation to the San Francisco Bay Area and established the most fabled team in the history of the sport, the longtime champion San Francisco Bay Bombers.
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In 1970, Jerry Seltzer attempted to buy the struggling Oakland Seals of the National Hockey League.
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Jerry Seltzer co-founded the Sonoma Valley Film Festival and served on a number of community boards, including the Bay Area American Red Cross, and he helped produce the 30th anniversary special for Cecil Williams Glide church.
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Jerry Seltzer later was employed by Brown Paper Tickets in sales.
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Jerry Seltzer said that his father had always wanted roller derby to be a legitimate sport, and to be in the Olympics, further adding that with the contemporary grassroots movement of roller derby, including the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, Modern Athletic Derby Endeavor and USA Roller Sports, he thought roller derby could now be an Olympic sport.
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Jerry Seltzer is known as "The Commissioner" by some participants in modern roller derby.
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Jerry Seltzer blogged about his involvement in Roller Derby and the role his father played.
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Jerry Seltzer is buried at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, California.