Grenville Roberts | |
Fullname: | Samuel Grenville Roberts |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1919 |
Birth Place: | Blackwell, England |
Death Place: | Dunkirk, France |
Position: | Inside forward |
Years1: | 1934 |
Clubs1: | Huthwaite Swifts |
Years2: | 1935 |
Clubs2: | Huthwaite CWS |
Clubs3: | Huthwaite Colliery |
Years4: | 1937–1939 |
Clubs4: | Nottingham Forest |
Caps4: | 6 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Samuel Grenville Roberts (also known as Samuel Granville Roberts, 16 August 1919 – 3 June 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a inside forward in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.
Roberts served in the British Army as a private in the 2nd/5th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment, part of the 46th Infantry Division, during the Second World War. He died of wounds following a strafing attack by German Stukas at Dunkirk on 3 June 1940.[1] Roberts is commemorated at the Dunkirk Memorial.
Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Nottingham Forest | 1937–38[2] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1938–39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Career total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |