Jack Roberts | |||
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![]() Roberts during his Carlton career | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | John Alexander Roberts | ||
Date of birth | 2 January 1867 | ||
Place of birth | Scarsdale, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 5 August 1921 | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Abbotsford, Victoria | ||
Position(s) | Wingman, defender | ||
Playing career1 | |||
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]
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]
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]