John Roberts (footballer, born 1881)

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John Roberts
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Full name John Roberts
Date of birth(1881-02-08)8 February 1881
Date of death 10 January 1956(1956-01-10) (aged 74)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1908 South Melbourne 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Roberts (8 February 1881 – 10 January 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Sydney Swans Australian rules football club

The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 755. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.


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