DOB: 16 July 1910
Died: 6 June 1945
Debut: Round 9, 1932 against St. Kilda at MCG
Last MFC Game: Round 15, 1936 against Hawthorn at Glenferrie Oval
From: Parkdale/Cheltenham
Number: 6 (1932-1936)
Honours:
Seconds premiership player - 1932, 1935
Games: 36 (48 total)
Goals: 0
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 15 | 0 | 21 | 41.66 |
Defender and half-forward who debuted in 1932 and played the rest of the season but managed just two matches the next year. Unable to secure a permanent spot in the Redleg lineup Roberts was cleared to Essendon before the 1936 season, and trained with them throughout the year before returning to the Demons to play four more games.
He did make it to Essendon in 1937, and played 12 games for the Bombers before signing for VFA side Prahran the next year. He spent two seasons at the Two Blues before enlisting in the army (2/21st Infantry Battalion) for World War II. Roberts was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Ambon in 1942 and died of illness brought on by years of maltreatment in June 1945.
Before his football career he played junior representative cricket for Victoria.
| Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
| 1932 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 1935 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Lists
Players who served during war
VFA
Media
Narendera Argus - 11/08/1933
Riverine Herald - 01/08/1934
Sporting Globe - 25/08/1934
Age - 29/04/1936
Argus - 05/06/1936
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