Bill Roach (footballer)
| Bill Roach | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Charles Roach | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1925 | ||
| Date of death | 3 February 2015 (aged 89) | ||
| Original team(s) | Prahran | ||
| Height/Weight | 175 cm / 67 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946 | Richmond | 1 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1946 season. | |||
Charles Arthur "Bill" Roach (3 November 1925 - 3 February 2015[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2] Less than two months after playing for Richmond, Roach requested a clearance to Melbourne Football Club,[3] which was granted,[4] but he never played a league game for them.
He played for the Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association, where he was a life member and chairman of selectors from 1965 to 1975.[5]
Notes
- ↑ "Herald Sun Tributes". 5 February 2015.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ↑ "League Clubs Train Lightly.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 28 June 1946. p. 16. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ "Savage and Carlton". The Age (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 4 July 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ "News: Vale Don Butling". 20 February 2015.
External links
- Bill Roach's statistics from AFL Tables
- Bill Roach's profile from AustralianFootball.com
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