Tasman Roberts | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Albert Tasman Roberts | ||
Date of birth | 18 August 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Albert Park, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 9 April 1942 | (aged 40)||
Place of death | Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea | ||
Original team(s) | Prahran | ||
Position(s) | Ruck / forward pocket | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1925–27 | St Kilda | 41 (22) | |
1928 | Fitzroy | 17 (10) | |
Total | 58 (32) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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]