Bill Roach (footballer)

Bill Roach
Personal information
Full name Charles Roach
Date of birth (1925-11-03)3 November 1925
Date of death 3 February 2015(2015-02-03) (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 the end of 1946.

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

  1. ↑ "Herald Sun Tributes". 5 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "League Clubs Train Lightly.". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 28 June 1946. p. 16. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Savage and Carlton". The Age. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 4 July 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "News: Vale Don Butling". 20 February 2015.

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