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St. Louis' first and only flat track Men's derby league

Wrecking Bill, #86d

Dogtown RocketsDogtown RocketsBlocker
2011

 

Travel Team
Travel TeamBlocker
2010, 2011

 

WRECKING BILL WAS A SMALL HIGH SCHOOL BOY WITH GRAND AMBITIONS OF BEING A LINEMAN IN THE NFL….AT 5’7″ AND 150 LBS AT GRADUATION THOSE DREAMS WERE DASHED PRETTY QUICKLY

BUT ALAS HE WORKED OUT, ATE HIS VITAMINS AND DID EVERYTHING HIS HEROES IN WRESTLING TOLD HIM TO DO AND HE GREW……TO 5’11″ AND 225 LBS.

SINCE A FAMILY CAME ALONG ANY DREAMS OF PRO SPORTS WERE NOW DASHED BUT HE FOUND SOLACE IN PLAYING SOFTBALL, ROLLER HOCKEY AND PICK UP FOOTBALL WHERE HE WAS DOMINATING….ALL OF THESE LEAGUES STARTED HAPPENING AROUND HIM…FIRST SOFTBALL 5 NIGHTS A WEEK, THEN 3 NIGHTS OF HOCKEY (THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST MARRIAGE ENDS)……THEN THEY START UP A PRO ROLLER HOCKEY LEAGUE….WELL HE GOES OUT AND HITS PEOPLE SO HARD THAT BERNIE FEDERKO LEAPS OUT OF HIS SEAT !!! MAKES FIRST CUT BUT ALAS ANOTHER BLOW TO THE EGO AS THEY MAKE IT AN INLINE LEAGUE AND HE STILL WON’T PART WITH HIS BELOVED QUADS…SO HE THEN FINDS A FOOTBALL LEAGUE WHERE HE CAN HIT PEOPLE AT WILL WITH NO PADS AND THIS MAKES HIM VERY HAPPY FOR WELL OVER 13 YEARS AND MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS…BUT ALAS ANOTHER BLOW AS AGE AND INJURIES HAVE BROKE HIM DOWN.

AFTER A SURGERY AND A YEAR OF RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AND CHASING WOMEN HE REALIZES THE NEED FOR SPORTS STILL BURNS IN HIS SOUL AND HE HEARS THE GREATEST THING HE HAS EVER HEARD… MEN’S ROLLER DERBY !!! SO HE IS SHAKING OFF THE RUST AND TAKING ONE LAST SHOT AT STARDOM AND HOPING SOME OF HIS DEVASTATING HITS WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER!!!