{{Short description|Irish jockey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox horseracing personality | name = Johnny Roe | nickname = | occupation = | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|03|26}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|04|23|1938|03|26}} | death_place = Dublin, Ireland | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = Irish | spouse = | children = | height = <!-- {{convert|x|ft|y|in|m|2|abbr=on}} or {{convert|x|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- use if weight_lbs is not appropriate --> | career winnings = | career wins = | race = | awards = | honors = <!--or |honours= --> | memorials = | horses = | website = | module = }}
'''Johnny Roe''' (26 March 1938 – 23 April 2017)<ref>[https://www.racingpost.com/news/johnny-roe-nine-time-flat-champion-in-ireland-dies-aged-79/283142 Nine-time Irish champion jockey Johnny Roe dies at 79] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426060629/https://www.racingpost.com/news/johnny-roe-nine-time-flat-champion-in-ireland-dies-aged-79/283142 |date=26 April 2017 }}: ''Racing Post''. retrieved 25 April 2017.</ref> was an Irish jockey who competed in Flat racing. Roe was Irish flat racing Champion Jockey on nine occasions and won the 1000 Guineas Stakes in 1975 on Nocturnal Spree.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|last1=O'Connor|first1=Brian|title=Death of nine-time Irish champion flat jockey Johnny Roe|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/death-of-nine-time-irish-champion-flat-jockey-johnny-roe-1.3059836|website=Irish Times|accessdate=24 April 2017|archive-date=12 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512131117/http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/death-of-nine-time-irish-champion-flat-jockey-johnny-roe-1.3059836|url-status=live}}</ref> He died in Dublin on 23 April 2017, aged 79.<ref name=obit/>
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