Name/TitleCard: Kent Smith ~ The Politician
About this objectTwo-sided colour-printed business card promoting and signed by 'Kent Smith - The Politician', a US Senator (formerly a Representative in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2015-2022) and announcer for Burning River Roller Derby and Chicago Outfit Roller Derby. The front of the card features an image of Smith with a megaphone, while the back lists details about him. The logo for Chicago Outfit Roller Derby, Illinois, appears on each side.
MakerChicago Outfit Roller Derby
Date Made2016
Period2010s
Place MadeUSA
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 89 x W: 64 mm
Subject and Association Keywordssport - roller derby
Subject and Association Keywordspolitics, party politics
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Outfit_Roller_Derby:
Chicago Outfit Roller Derby (commonly referred to as The Outfit) was a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2007, the Chicago Outfit was a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In 2022 Chicago Outfit Roller Derby merged with the DuPage Derby Dames to form a new league called Chicago-Style Roller Derby. Chicago-Style Roller Derby currently plays at Coachlite Skate Center in Roselle, Illinois.
https://www.kentsmith.org/about:
State Rep. Kent Smith was first elected to serve the people of the 8th Ohio House District in 2014 and was re-elected in 2016, 2018 and 2020. He joined the Ohio House of Representatives after serving Euclid, Ohio as a Member of the Euclid Board of Education from 2002 – 2013. In his 12 years on the Euclid School Board, Rep. Smith never missed a meeting. As a Euclid School Board Member, he was a four-time winner of the “Award of Achievement” which is awarded annually by the Ohio School Boards Association to less than three percent of all School Board Members in Ohio. ... Since 2006, Representative Smith has been the head of the Euclid Democratic Party – a position called the Euclid City Democrat Leader. In addition, he works as a roller derby announcer for both Burning River Roller Derby in Cleveland and The Chicago Outfit. He joined Burning River in 2008 and The Chicago Outfit in 2010. He has announced roller derby for the past 14 years and has called hundreds of bouts across the Midwest. In 2018, he was one of 15 American roller derby voices selected to help announce the 2018 Roller Derby World Cup in Manchester, England [continues].
Named CollectionNMRD @ Glasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBusiness card
Object numberGWL-2025-118-52-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved