Jack_Roberts_(footballer,_born_1926)

Jack Roberts (footballer, born 1926)

Jack Roberts (footballer, born 1926)

Australian rules footballer

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]

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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]

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  1. [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. [2]
    "Jack Roberts". Tigerland Archive.
  3. [3]
    "Deaths". The Age. 22 December 1965.
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