Tasman Roberts
Australian rules footballer
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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]
Albert Park, Victoria
Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea
| Tasman Roberts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Albert Tasman Roberts | ||
| Born |
18 August 1901 Albert Park, Victoria | ||
| Died |
9 April 1942 (aged 40) Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea | ||
| Original team | Prahran | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
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]
