Archie Roberts (Australian footballer)

Archie Roberts
Personal information
Full name Archibald Frederick Roberts
Date of birth 16 July 1910(1910-07-16)
Date of death 6 June 1945(1945-06-06) (aged 34)
Place of death Ambon, Dutch East Indies
Original team Cheltenham
Height/Weight 183 cm / 84 kg
Position(s) Defence
Club information
Current club Retired
Number Mel. 1933–35: 6, 1936: 27
Ess. 18
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932–36
1937
Total
Melbourne
Essendon
36 (0)
12 (0)
48 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1937 season .

Archibald Frederick "Archie" Roberts (16 July 1910 – 6 June 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Roberts played with Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Prahran after his VFL career ended. He was captured by the enemy in World War II, and later died as a prisoner of war.

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