| Tasman Roberts | |
| Fullname: | Albert Tasman Roberts |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Albert Park, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea |
| Originalteam: | Prahran |
| Position: | Ruck / forward pocket |
| Statsend: | 1928 |
| Years1: | 1925–27 |
| Games Goals1: | 41 (22) |
| Years2: | 1928 |
| Games Goals2: | 17 (10) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 58 (32) |
Albert Tasman Roberts (18 August 1901 – 9 April 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] [2]
Originally recruited from Prahran in the Victorian Football Association,[3] he returned to the VFA to play for Yarraville Football Club in 1929.[4] In July 1930 Roberts and a Yarraville team-mate, Peter Hannan, were involved in a car accident, in which Roberts fractured his skull.[5] [6]
In 1940, using his given name, his mother's maiden name and a false date of birth, Roberts enlisted in the 2/22nd Infantry Battalion as Albert Lyons.[7] In April 1941 his battalion embarked to Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea. He was captured as a prisoner of war during the Battle of Rabaul in January 1942. In October 1945 he was recorded as having died on 9 April 1942 from inanition cachexia (starvation).[8]