Maurice Roberts (footballer)

Maurice Ernest Stanley Roberts (5 July 1922 – April 1993) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as an outside left.[2]

Maurice Roberts
Personal information
Full name Maurice Ernest Stanley Roberts[1]
Date of birth (1922-07-05)5 July 1922
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death April 1993 (1993-05) (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Bristol, England
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1947 Brentford 10 (0)
1947 Bristol City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

By February 1951, Roberts had recovered from a case of "sudden blindness".[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1946–47[4] First Division 10 0 0 0 10 0
Career total 10 0 0 0 10 0

References

  1. "Maurice Roberts". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 135. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. "Most thrilled football fan among the masses mustered at yesterday's League matches was Maurice Roberts, former professional player with Brentford and Bristol City". Sunday Mirror. 4 February 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 379. ISBN 0951526200.


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