Percy Roberts
Personal information
Full name Percy Edward Roberts
Date of birth (1909-09-20)20 September 1909
Place of birth Nilma, Victoria
Date of death 3 August 1943(1943-08-03) (aged 33)
Place of death Moulmein, British Burma
Original team(s) Yarragon
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–1932 Fitzroy 18 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percy Edward Roberts (20 September 1909 – 3 August 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football career

Roberts came from Yarragon and made two appearances for Fitzroy as a 19-year-old defender early in the 1929 VFL season.[1][2][3] He then left to play for Mornington.[4] In the 1932 VFL season, Roberts returned to Fitzroy and played every game from rounds three to eighteen, a total of 16 appearances.[5][6] It would be his only season back at Fitzroy, he was granted a clearance to Ballan in 1933.[7]

War service

Roberts enlisted for armed service on 7 February 1941 and a year later, at the Fall of Singapore, was captured by the Japanese.[8][9] He died of dysentery while a prisoner of war in Moulmein, British Burma on 3 August 1943.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ↑ "Saints at End". Sporting Globe (1 ed.). Melbourne. 18 May 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Carlton Finish Over Geelong to Win by 18 Points". Sporting Globe (1 ed.). Melbourne. 25 May 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Fitzroy are Hopeful Despite Having to Face Heavy Task". Sporting Globe (Final ed.). Melbourne. 16 April 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Point of the Play and Comment on the Platers". Sporting Globe (2 ed.). Melbourne. 25 May 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Percy Roberts – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Many Permits Granted". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 April 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 26 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Anzac Day". Fitzroy Football Club. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Roll of Honour – Percy Edward Roberts". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 26 May 2015.


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