Len Roberts (footballer)

Len Roberts (4 July 1880 – 1 January 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Len Roberts
Personal information
Full name Leonard Roberts
Date of birth (1880-07-04)4 July 1880
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 1 January 1949(1949-01-01) (aged 68)
Place of death Burwood, Victoria
Original team(s) St Kilda Trades
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906 St Kilda 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of William Roberts, and Martha Louisa Roberts, née Ball, Leonard Roberts was born in St Kilda, Victoria on 4 July 1880.

He married Florence Hilda Camm (1884-1965) in 1936.

Football

In his only match for the St Kilda First XVIII, he played at centre half-back, in the match against Collingwood, at Victoria Park, on 28 July 1906.[2]

Death

He died (suddenly) at his residence in Burwood, Victoria on 1 January 1949.[3]

Footnotes
  1. Holmesby & Main(2014), p.755.
  2. The League: Collingwood v. St. Kilda, The Herald, (Saturday, 28 July 1906), p.4.
  3. Deaths: Roberts, The Argus, (Monday, 3 January 1949), p.7.

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