Jack Roberts (footballer, born 1867)

For other people named Jack Roberts, see Jack Roberts (disambiguation).

Jack Roberts
Roberts during his Carlton career
Personal information
Full name	John Alexander Roberts
Date of birth	(1867-01-02)2 January 1867
Place of birth	Scarsdale, Victoria
Date of death	5 August 1921(1921-08-05) (aged 54)
Place of death	Abbotsford, Victoria
Position(s)	Wingman, defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–99	Carlton	24 (2)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Alexander Roberts (2 January 1867 – 5 August 1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of William Roberts (1835-1924),[2] and Jenefer Roberts (-1903),[3] née Trahair, John Alexander Roberts was born at Scarsdale, near Ballarat, Victoria on 2 January 1867.

He married Annie Beatrice Knoll (1873-1956) in 1893.[4] They had four children, Lillian Beatrice Laxton, née Roberts (1894-1980), Archibald John Roberts (1897-1967), Vivian Ernest Roberts (1902-1968), and Dorothy Emily Power, née Roberts (1899-). He was the father-in-law of Charlie Laxton, who married Lily in 1917.[5]

Death

He died on 5 August 1921. He had "caught a chill" when attending the match between Collingwood and Essendon at Victoria Park on 30 July 1921. The "chill" developed into the double pneumonia from which he died.[6][7]

An "In Memoriam" service was held at St Philips Church of England, in Collingwood, on 21 August 1921.[8]

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.710.
2. Deaths: Roberts, The Ballarat Star, (Saturday, 16 August 1924), p.4.
3. Deaths: Roberts, The Ballarat Star, (Wednesday, 11 November 1903), p.5.
4. Deaths: Roberts, The Argus, (Friday, 10 August 1956), p.12.
5. Football: Victoria vs. N.S.W., The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 6 August 1921), p.3.
6. Death of J. Roberts, The Australasian, (Saturday, 13 August 1921), p.25.
7. Deaths: Roberts, The Argus, (Saturday, 6 August 1921) p.11.
8. Play and Players, The (Melbourne ) Herald, (Friday, 26 August 1921), p.3.

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

External links

• Jack Roberts's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Roberts at AustralianFootball.com
• Jack Roberts's profile at Blueseum