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Wally Roach
Personal information
Full name Gustavus Walter Roach
Date of birth (1885-12-20)20 December 1885
Place of birth Clunes, Victoria
Date of death 6 May 1971(1971-05-06) (aged 85)
Place of death Elsternwick, Victoria
Original team(s) Prahran (VFA)[1]
Position(s) Wing, Half forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906–07 Prahran (VFA) 24 (0)
1907 South Melbourne 01 (0)
1909 Essendon 04 (0)
1910 St Kilda 06 (0)
1912–13 North Melbourne (VFA) 32 (19)
1914 Brighton (VFA) 01 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gustavus Walter "Wally" Roach (20 December 1885 – 6 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

He married Violet Emily Parkes in 1912.

Football

Roach, who played mostly on the wing or across half forward, made his league and South Melbourne debut in the opening round of the 1907 VFL season but did not feature again for the rest of the year.[3]

He spent the 1908 season playing for St Kilda Wednesday.

In 1909 he returned to the VFL and had one season stints at both Essendon,[4] and St Kilda.[3]

He later played for Victorian Football Association (VFA) clubs North Melbourne, Brighton and Hawthorn.[5]

Death

He died on 6 May 1971.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Football". (Emerald Hill) Record. Vol. XII, no. 17. Victoria, Australia. 27 April 1907. p. 3.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ^ a b "AFL Tables: Wally Roach". afltables.com.
  4. ^ Maplestone (1996), pp.406, 412, 452.
  5. ^ "Walter Roach". Essendon Football Club official website.
  6. ^ Deaths: Roach, The Age, (Monday, 10 May 1971), p.15.

References

  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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