Helen Rollason "Helen Rollason: The Bravest Fight", a 30-minute documentary presented by Peter Sissons in which friends and colleagues paid tribute to her. Her autobiography, "Life's Too Short", was published posthumously in 2000. As the first female presenter of "Grandstand", Helen Rollason was a pioneer of British sports broadcasting, an industry that was predominantly male at the time, and she established a precedent that allowed others to follow. Sue Barker, Hazel Irvine, Gail McKenna, Shelley Webb and Gabby Logan all followed in Rollason's footsteps to become noted UK sports presenters, with Logan joining ITV as their first female sports presenter in the
Shulthis Stadium Grandstand for ladies. A Spalding representative viewed the grandstand in 1921, and commented that it was one of the finest grandstands he had ever visited. The Sioux City Packers used the stadium for their spring training, and Major League Baseball teams like the Chicago White Sox played there. Shulthis Stadium was home field for many notable players. Mickey Mantle, Bill Virdon, Cy Blanton, Ralph Terry, and Glenn Wright all played for Independence. Mantle's first professional home run was at Shulthis Stadium, and it cleared the center field wall. The distance from home plate to the center field wall was 460 feet,