Jack Roberts (footballer, born 1926)

Jack Roberts
Jack Roberts
Personal information
Full name	John Douglas Roberts
Date of birth	20 November 1926
Place of birth	Paynesville, Victoria
Date of death	19 December 1965 (aged 39)
Place of death	Lake Buloke, Victoria
Original team(s)	Traralgon
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1947–50	Richmond
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Douglas Roberts (20 November 1926 – 19 December 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Roberts struggled to gain a regular place in the Richmond senior side, but did win the Richmond Reserves’ Best and Fairest award in 1949. He subsequently coached country teams in Maffra, Rushworth and Donald.^[2]

He drowned at the age of 39 in Lake Buloke (just north of Donald) in December 1965.^[3]

Notes[]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 755. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "Jack Roberts". Tigerland Archive.
^ "Deaths". The Age. 22 December 1965.

External links[]

Jack Roberts's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Jack Roberts at AustralianFootball.com

[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 755. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "Jack Roberts". Tigerland Archive.

[3] "Deaths". The Age. 22 December 1965.

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