Editing Edd Roush (section)

==Later life and honors==
Roush served one season as the Reds coach alongside his good friend, manager [[Bill McKechnie]], who had previously been his teammate. During his career he had saved his money and was able to retire after he finished playing. He built a house in Bradenton, Florida, and used it as a winter residence. He frequently attended spring training and told stories of the old days. Roush spent most of his time in his hometown of Oakland City, where he served on the town and school boards and ran the Montgomery cemetery for 35 years.<ref name="sabr"/>

He was one of the 22 players interviewed by [[Lawrence Ritter]] and included in the original version of ''[[The Glory of Their Times]]'', a ground-breaking book that set a standard for oral histories of baseball.{{cn|date=June 2022}}

Roush was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1962 via the [[Veterans Committee]].<ref name="sabr">{{sabrbio|26fd7901|Jim Sandoval|May 8, 2015}}</ref> In addition to Roush's selection into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]], chosen with McKechnie,<ref>{{cite web|title=National Baseball Hall of Fame – Explorer|url=https://baseballhall.org/explorer?name=&team=All&induction=179&pos=All&state=All&born%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&bats=All&throws=All|website=baseballhall.org|publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> he is also a member of the [[Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame]], inducted in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reds Hall of Fame Member Directory|url=https://www.mlb.com/reds/hall-of-fame/alumni/directory#r-content|website=mlb.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref>

Considered the greatest player in Reds' history at the time, Roush was invited to throw out the first ball at the last game at [[Crosley Field]] on June 24, 1970. [[Joe Morgan]] called Roush "the best of us all".{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

In 1981, Ritter and [[Donald Honig]] included Roush in their book ''The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ritter|first1=Lawrence|last2=Honig|first2=Donald|title=The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time|url=https://archive.org/details/100greatestbaseb00ritt/page/n11|via=archive.org|publisher=Crown Publishers|date=1981|isbn=0-517-543001|page=211}}</ref>

Roush died at the age of 94 on March 21, 1988, in [[Bradenton, Florida]]. At the time of his death he was the last surviving Federal League participant and the last surviving 1919 World Series participant.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}