Helen Rollason Helen Rollason Helen Frances Rollason, MBE ("née" Grindley: 11 March 1956 – 9 August 1999) was a British sports journalist and television presenter, who in 1990 became the first female presenter of the BBC's sports programme "Grandstand". She was also a regular presenter of "Sport on Friday", and of the children's programme "Newsround" during the 1980s. Born in London, Rollason studied to become a PE teacher before entering radio broadcasting in 1980. After directing sport related content for Channel 4, where she helped to bring American football to British television, she anchored coverage of the 1987 World Student Games and
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,