Don Roach

Don Roach

Personal information
Birth	31 July 1940, Melbourne, Australia
Recruited from	West Adelaide
Height and weight	187 cm / 80 kg
Death	3 July 2011(2011-07-03) (aged 70), Sydney, Australia[1]
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Hawthorn (1964–65) 29 games, 7 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1965 season

Don Roach (31 July 1940 – 3 July 2011) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and also had a noted career in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Roach, a left footed flanker, played his early football at SANFL club West Adelaide, for whom he debuted in 1958. He crossed leagues in 1964 and joined Hawthorn but only stayed for two seasons.

In 1966 he returned to West Adelaide and was appointed captain-coach. That same year he represented South Australia at the Hobart Carnival, his second interstate carnival having competed in the one at Brisbane back in 1961. He was selected into the All-Australian team for his efforts in Brisbane.

After taking a break from the game in 1969 he returned to action the following season at his new club Norwood where he would finish his career. When Roach retired in 1972 his final tally of games in the SANFL amounted to 204 and he also represented South Australia on nine occasions. He went on to serve the league as an administrator.

References

1. ^ "Don Roach Passes". NSW Australian Football History Society. 4 July 2011. http://nswfootballhistory.com.au/don-roach-passes. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 

• Full Points Footy profile
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

• Don Roach's statistics from AFL Tables

Persondata
Name	Roach, Don
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	31 July 1940
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Date of death	3 July 2011
Place of death	Sydney, Australia