Roxey Roach

Wilbur Charles Roach (November 28, 1882 – December 26, 1947) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the New York Highlanders in 1910–1911, the Washington Senators in 1912, and the Buffalo Buffeds/Blues in 1915. In 177 career games, Roach had 151 hits in 608 at bats for a .248 batting average.

After retiring from professional baseball in 1918, he became a car dealer until 1941 and an employee of a gypsum plant in National City, Michigan until his death. He moved to Tawas City, Michigan in 1924 and lived there for the rest of his life. Dealing with a heart condition and several health issues since 1942, he died of a heart attack at Samaritan Hospital in Bay City, Michigan on December 26, 1947. Roach would be buried in a cemetery in Tawas City on December 28.