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"Firsts" of Victor J. "Buddy" Brown During His Lifetime as a Promoter
First to stage dance marathons in the 1920s

• First to run outdoor swimming ballets (Held in Dreamland Park, Newark, N. J.)
  
  
• First to stage head-on crash of two locomotives as viewer event
  
  
• First to stage automobile polo, using players in cars instead of on horses
  
  
• First to come up with idea of roller derby (all male) in 1932
  
  
• First to develop roller skating as a competitive sport
  
  
• First to stage competitions between speed roller skater and champion track runner
  
  
• First to introduce Rodeos in the East and to Madison Square Garden

Two Victor J. Brown Superlatives

• Built largest outdoor boxing arena in New Jersey in Dreamland Park in 1929. Promoted numerous boxing title fights there between 1929 and 1935
  
  
• Built America's largest roller rink (prior to World War II) at Frelinghuysen Avenue and Virginia Street, Newark, opened Friday, October 10, 1941 at 7:30 P. M.