Josiah Roberts | |
Fullname: | Josiah Edmund Roberts |
Position: | Right back |
Birth Date: | 1871 |
Birth Place: | West Smethwick, England |
Clubs1: | Birmingham St George's |
Years2: | 1892–1893 |
Caps2: | 1 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1893–1??? |
Clubs3: | Walsall Wood |
Josiah Edmund Roberts (1871 – after 1892) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath.[1] Roberts was born in West Smethwick, which was then in Staffordshire He joined Small Heath from Birmingham St George's when the latter club folded in 1892.[2] A right back, he played only one competitive game for the club, on 5 November 1892 in a 4–1 win away at Bootle, which was the game after regular left back Fred Speller broke his leg.[3] Roberts returned to non-league football in 1893.[2]