Given the question: Facts: - heightweight: 193 cm / 92 kg - clubs: richmond - years: 1977 -- 1989 - statsend: 1989 - originalteam: longford -lrb- ntfl -rrb- - birth date: 5 october 1958 - name: michael roach Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michael roach -lrb- footballer -rrb- .
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michael terrence roach -lrb- born 5 october 1958 -rrb- is a former australian rules football player who represented richmond in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- 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 -lrb- the others being royce hart , matthew richardson and jack riewoldt -rrb- , 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 .