Billy Roberts | |
Fullname: | William Charles Roberts |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1908 |
Birth Place: | Warragul, Victoria |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Glen Huntly, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Wesley College / Oakleigh |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 74 kg |
Statsend: | 1937 |
Years1: | 1928–1937 |
Club1: | St Kilda |
Games Goals1: | 160 (6) |
William Charles Roberts (4 December 1908 – 16 May 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Roberts played at Wesley College and was recruited to St Kilda from Oakleigh. His younger brother Arthur Roberts also played for St Kilda.
He was used on the wing until 1930, when he replaced Barney Carr as St Kilda's centreman.
Roberts represented Victoria on six occasions.[3]
Roberts later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[4]