Percy Roberts (Australian footballer)

Percy Edward Roberts (20 September 1909 – 3 August 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Percy Roberts
Personal information
Full name Percy Edward Roberts
Date of birth (1909-09-20)20 September 1909
Place of birth Nilma, Victoria
Date of death 3 August 1943(1943-08-03) (aged 33)
Place of death Moulmein, British Burma
Original team(s) Yarragon
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–1932 Fitzroy 18 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football career

Roberts came from Yarragon and made two appearances for Fitzroy as a 19-year-old defender early in the 1929 VFL season.[1][2][3] He then left to play for Mornington.[4] In the 1932 VFL season, Roberts returned to Fitzroy and played every game from rounds three to eighteen, a total of 16 appearances.[5][6] It would be his only season back at Fitzroy, he was granted a clearance to Ballan in 1933.[7]

War service

Roberts enlisted for armed service on 7 February 1941 and a year later, at the Fall of Singapore, was captured by the Japanese.[8][9] He died of dysentery while a prisoner of war in Moulmein, British Burma on 3 August 1943.[9][10]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. "Saints at End". Sporting Globe (1 ed.). Melbourne. 18 May 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Carlton Finish Over Geelong to Win by 18 Points". Sporting Globe (1 ed.). Melbourne. 25 May 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Fitzroy are Hopeful Despite Having to Face Heavy Task". Sporting Globe (Final ed.). Melbourne. 16 April 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Point of the Play and Comment on the Platers". Sporting Globe (2 ed.). Melbourne. 25 May 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Percy Roberts – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. "Many Permits Granted". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 April 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  9. "Anzac Day". Fitzroy Football Club. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  10. "Roll of Honour – Percy Edward Roberts". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 26 May 2015.


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