Jack Roberts (footballer, born 1926)

For other people named Jack Roberts, see Jack Roberts (disambiguation).

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]

Jack Roberts
Personal information
Full name	John Douglas Roberts
Date of birth	(1926-11-20)20 November 1926
Place of birth	Paynesville, Victoria
Date of death	19 December 1965(1965-12-19) (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 career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1947–50	Richmond	26 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

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.

External links

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