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Roach (surname)
Roach is an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, derived from the Old French ''roche'' (rock), and may refer to: Politics and government *George Roach (fl. 1870s), Canadian politician * John C. Roach, American jurist on the Kentucky Supreme Court *William N. Roach (1840–1902), American politician Entertainment *Alexandra Roach, Welsh actress *AJ Roach (born 1975), American singer-songwriter *Archie Roach (1956–2022), Australian musician *Ada Roach, American musical comedy actress *Cameron Roach, British television Producer *Gary D. Roach (born 1964), American film editor *Hal Roach (1892–1992), American director & producer * Hal Roach (comedian), Irish comedian *Jay Roach (born 1957), American director and producer *Max Roach (1924–2007), American drummer *Patrick Roach (born 1969), Canadian actor * Steve Roach (born 1955), American musician Academics and literature *Kent Roach, Canadian professor *Mary Roach, American author on death and the metaphysical *Stephen S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roach
George Roach was a Canadian politician and the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ... from 1875 to 1876. External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Roach
Mary Roach (born March 20, 1959) is an American author specializing in popular science and humor. She has published six New York Times bestsellers: '' Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers'' (2003), '' Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife'' (2005), '' Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex'' (2008), '' Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void'' (2010), '' Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal'' (2013), and '' Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War'' (2016). Early life and education Mary Roach was born in Hanover, New Hampshire Her family moved to Etna, a village within the town of Hanover, and Roach attended Hanover High School and received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1981. Career After college, Roach moved to San Francisco, California, and spent a few years working as a freelance copy editor. Her writing career began in the public affairs office of the San Francisco Zoological Society, producing press rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Roach
Michael Richard Roach (May 7, 1895 – April 1, 1977) was a Canadian-born professional ice hockey player who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and New York Americans. He was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia but moved to Boston, Massachusetts during his early life. Following his retirement from hockey, he joined the Canadian Customs office in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Roach later joined the Glace Bay baseball team, playing in the Cape Breton Professional Baseball League where was a left-handed star at both first and third base. Mickey Roach is an original member of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs See also * List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game This is a list of players who have scored five or more goals in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. Scoring five or more goals in a single game is considered a great feat, as it has only been accomplished 63 times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Roach (footballer)
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. Early career As a junior player at Westbury in Tasmania, Roach won state representation and he was selected to play senior football for Longford in 1975, aged only 16. He impressed by winning the club's goalkicking award in his two seasons and was sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Roach
Melvin Earl Roach (born January 25, 1933) is a retired American professional baseball player. His career derailed by his bonus player status, military service and injury, he appeared in 227 games played over all or parts of eight years in Major League Baseball as a utilityman for the Milwaukee Braves (1953–54 and 1957–61), Chicago Cubs (1961) and Philadelphia Phillies (1962). Roach was born in Richmond, Virginia; he threw and batted right-handed and was listed as tall and . A standout second baseman at the University of Virginia, he signed a $40,000 contractFleitz, David, ''Mel Roach.'' Biography Project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Roach
Melanie Roach (née Kosoff; born December 15, 1974 in The Dalles, Oregon) is an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. She lives in Bonney Lake, Washington where she owns Roach Gymnastics, Inc. During high school, Melanie participated in gymnastics, but dislocated her shoulder. After reconstructive surgery, she slowly became interested in weightlifting. She started training in 1994 once meeting coach John Thrush at Calpian Weightlifting Club. By 1998 she was number one in the US, and set the world record, since bested, for the women's clean & jerk by lifting more than twice her weight, 113 kg/250 lbs. She is 5'2" and 117 lbs. Three weeks before the US Olympic Trials in 2000, she herniated a disc in her back, and became an alternate. She then focused on starting a family with husband Dan Roach, who is currently serving his fourth term as a Republican in the Washington House of Representatives from the 31st District. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Roach
Malcolm Roach (born June 9, 1998) is an American football defensive end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas. Early life Malcolm Roach was born to Nancy and Mike Roach in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was coached by his father at Madison Prep, where he was four-time all-state selection. College career Roach was a member of the Texas Longhorns for four seasons. He finished his collegiate career with 134 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, and 8.0 sacks. Professional career New Orleans Saints Roach was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2020. He made the team out of training camp. Roach made his NFL debut on September 13, 2020 in the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On November 20, 2021, Roach was placed on injured reserve. He was released on December 7 and re-signed to the practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Saints on January 12, 2022. On Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmari Roach
Kimmari Roach (born 21 September 1990) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He has a personal best of 10.12 seconds and was a 60 metres finalist at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Roach is a member of Racers Track Club and is coached by Glen Mills. Born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, Roach competed at the Jamaican High School Champs as a teenager but did not reach the podium. He made his impact at national level in 2009, winning the Jamaican universities 100 m title and setting a personal best of 10.38 seconds for third at the Kingston Classic meet. He improved to 10.34 to win at the 2010 Penn Relays. At the Jamaican Athletics Championships he ran a new best of 10.13 seconds in the semi-final, then placed third in the 100 m final. He competed in Europe for the first time that year with a win at the Weltklasse in Biberach being his highlight. He was twice runner-up on the 2011 Brazilian Athletics Grand Prix circuit. Roac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemar Roach
Kemar Andre Jamal Roach (born 30 June 1988) is a Barbadian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka and has represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International cricket. Roach made his Test debut in 2009 against Bangladesh when the West Indies team was weakened due to a player strike, and impressed with his bowling so that he was given an opportunity to play when the team returned to its full strength. A fast bowler, Roach is capable of express speeds and has reached on a number of occasions, and was the 7th fastest active bowler as of 3 January 2015. In 2012 he became the first West Indies bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test since 2005. International career Early representation On 7 June 2008, Roach was selected in the West Indies Test squad to face Australia in the third Test. At the time he had played in only four first-class matches. He was not picked for the final team and said "I know that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ross Roach
John Ross Roach (June 23, 1900 – July 9, 1973) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League between 1921 and 1935. His nicknames were "Little Napoleon", "The Housecleaner", and "The Port Perry Cucumber". Playing career Roach was born in Port Perry, Ontario. He won a Stanley Cup in 1922. Roach was one of only six goalies in the NHL to captain his team when he was with the Toronto St. Patricks during the 1924–25 season. He was a First Team All-Star during the 1932–33 NHL season The 1932–33 NHL season was the 16th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nine teams each played 48 games. The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one for the Stanley Cup. League business After sitting out for a .... Roach was known for his acrobatic style of goaltending. In the 2009 book ''100 Ranger Greats'', the authors ranked Roach at No. 64 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team's fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Roach (boxing)
Frederick Steven Roach (born March 5, 1960) is an American boxing trainer and former professional boxer. Roach is widely regarded as one of the best boxing trainers of all time. He is the enduring boxing coach of the eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, five-time and four-division world champion Miguel Cotto, former WBC middleweight champion Julio César Chávez Jr., three-time world champion James Toney, former UFC middleweight and three-time welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, as well as top prospects Jose Benavidez, Peter Quillin, and Vanes Martirosyan. Roach was the trainer of two-time women's world champion Lucia Rijker. He has also trained former light welterweight champion Amir Khan. Early life and boxing career Roach was trained by his father Paul Roach at a young age along with his brothers Joey and Pepper. In an interview with Dan Patrick on the AUDIENCE channel, Roach disclosed that throughout his youth, he was involved in over 300 street fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Roach
Danny Roach (born 6 January 1982) was an Australian rules football player for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Roach, a Tasmanian, played only one game for Collingwood after being a first round pick in the 1999 AFL Draft. He played his debut season at the club for Victorian Football League club Williamstown (Collingwood's affiliate team) before getting his chance in early 2001 against Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a .... Roach was unsuccessful in his AFL Debut, having only 1 tackle for the entire match, in what would be his first and last AFL game. External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roach, Danny 1982 births Collingwood Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players Living people Australian rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
