Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1897)

Bill Roberts
Bill Roberts
Personal information
Full name	William Laurence Roberts
Date of birth	9 May 1897
Place of birth	Broken Hill, New South Wales
Date of death	7 September 1960 (aged 63)
Place of death	Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s)	Traralgon / Trafalgar
Playing career1
Years	Club
1923	South Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Laurence Roberts (9 May 1897 – 7 September 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Roberts played a single game for South Melbourne in Round 2 of the 1923 season against Fitzroy. During the game, one of the Fitzroy players recognised him as a man who, under the name “Williams” had been at Fitzroy two or three seasons previously.[2] Investigations revealed he had been granted a permit to move from North Adelaide to Fitzroy using the name “W. Reidy”.[3] Roberts claimed he had no knowledge of this 1921 permit but the League refused his request for a permit to move to Port Melbourne and his senior football career ended.

In early 1922, Roberts was arrested for stealing a £10 note,[4] and subsequently sentenced to 12 months hard labour in Goulburn gaol.[5]

Notes

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 754. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
"BILL ROBERTS'S DILEMMA". The Herald. No. 14, 410. Victoria, Australia. 20 July 1923. p. 10.
"CLUB PROSPECTS". The Herald. No. 14, 074. Victoria, Australia. 22 April 1921. p. 3.
"Apprehensions". New South Wales Police Gazette And Weekly Record Of Crime. No. 7. New South Wales, Australia. 15 February 1922. p. 100.
"TELEGRAMS COOTAMUNDRA SESSIONS". Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal. Vol. 24, no. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1922. p. 1 (Supplement to Tocumwal Guardian).

External links

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

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[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. 754. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "BILL ROBERTS'S DILEMMA". The Herald. No. 14, 410. Victoria, Australia. 20 July 1923. p. 10.

[3] "CLUB PROSPECTS". The Herald. No. 14, 074. Victoria, Australia. 22 April 1921. p. 3.

[4] "Apprehensions". New South Wales Police Gazette And Weekly Record Of Crime. No. 7. New South Wales, Australia. 15 February 1922. p. 100.

[5] "TELEGRAMS COOTAMUNDRA SESSIONS". Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal. Vol. 24, no. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1922. p. 1 (Supplement to Tocumwal Guardian).