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| Michael Roach | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Nickname(s) | Disco | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Longford, Tasmania[1] | ||
| Original team(s) | Longford (NTFL) | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1977–1989 | Richmond | 200 (607) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989. | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Michael Terrence Roach (born 9 October 1958) is a former Australian rules football player who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1977 to 1989.
Remembered for his long, accurate kicking for goal and strong marking, for a brief period Roach was the best forward in Australian football. The second of four key forwards recruited by Richmond from Tasmania (the others being Royce Hart, Matthew Richardson and Jack Riewoldt), Roach was an enormously popular player whose career did not quite live up to expectation because of injury and constant shuffling of his position by the club. Nevertheless, he achieved many honours in the game and became one of the first players from Tasmania to play 200 VFL games.