| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Dick Roche | |
| Irish: | Risteard de Róiste |
| Nickname: | Dickie |
| County: | Waterford |
| Province: | Munster |
| Clyears: | 1952 1953-1984 |
| Clcounty: | 13 |
| Counties: | Waterford |
| Icposition: | Goalkeeper |
| Icyears: | 1956-1964 |
| Icapps(Points): | 5 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 22:16, 18 March 2015 |
| Birth Place: | Waterford, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Waterford, Ireland |
| Birth Date: | 1935 |
| Death Date: | 12 May 2014 (aged 79) |
Richard "Dickie" Roche (1935 - 12 May 2014) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Waterford senior team.[1] [2]
Born in Waterford, Roche first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the senior team. He made his debut during the 19565-57 league. Roche was a regular member of the team for much of the next decade and won one Munster medal. Her was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
In a club career that spanned four decades Roche won a combined total of sixteen championship medals as a hurler and Gaelic footballer with Mount Sion.
Throughout his career Roche made 5 championship appearances for Waterford. He retired from inter-county hurling following he conclusion of the 1964 championship.