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| Don Roach | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Donald Vivian Roach | ||
| Date of birth | (1940-07-31)31 July 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Yorketown, South Australia | ||
| Date of death | 3 July 2011(2011-07-03) (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Sydney, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) | West Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1958–63, 1966–68 | West Adelaide (SANFL) | 158 (98) | |
| 1964–65 | Hawthorn (VFL) | 33 (7) | |
| 1970–72 | Norwood (SANFL) | 42 (12) | |
| Total | 233 (117) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1966–67 | West Adelaide (SANFL) | 40 (19–21–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1972. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Donald Vivian Roach (31 July 1940 – 3 July 2011) was anAustralian rules footballer who played forHawthorn in theVictorian Football League (VFL) and forWest Adelaide andNorwood Football Clubs in theSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Roach, a left footed flanker, played his early football at SANFL clubWest Adelaide, for whom he debuted in 1958 and won the SANFL premiership in 1961. He moved to Melbourne in1964 VFL season and joined Hawthorn but only stayed for two seasons playing 33 games for the Hawks.
In 1966 he returned to West Adelaide and was appointed captain-coach. That same year he represented South Australia at theHobart Carnival, his second interstate carnival having competed in the1961 Brisbane Carnival. He was selected into theAll-Australian team for his efforts in Brisbane.
After taking a break from the game in 1969 Roach returned to action the following season at his new clubNorwood 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.
Don Roach was an inaugural member of theSouth Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002, and he is also a member of theWest Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame.