Jack Roberts | |
Fullname: | John Douglas Roberts |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1926 |
Birth Place: | Paynesville, Victoria |
Death Place: | Lake Buloke, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Traralgon |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 79 kg |
Guernsey: | 11 |
Statsend: | 1950 |
Years1: | 1947–50 |
Games Goals1: | 26 (0) |
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]
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]