Arthur Roberts
St Kilda
AFL career
31 games10 goals
- Debut
- R8 1930 v COL21 June 1930
- Most recent
- R11 1936 v FIT18 July 1936
Stats
Bio
Recruited from VFA club Oakleigh, Arthur Roberts joined his older brother Billy at the Saints for a career defined by a harrowing on-field trauma and a resilient comeback. His debut season as a 19-year-old was brutally interrupted during a clash with Collingwood, where a severe collision ruptured his spleen and left him in a critical condition in hospital. The life-threatening injury derailed his early progress as a defender, restricting him to sporadic appearances over the next few seasons before he left the league to coach in Bendigo. Roberts returned to St Kilda after a two-year hiatus, reinventing himself as a forward in 1936 to kick the majority of his career goals before retiring, declining renewed interest from Melbourne to focus on cricket.
Profile
- Full name
- Arthur L. Roberts
- Born
- 28 Mar 1911
- Died
- 08 Jan 1984 (aged 72y 286d)
- Birthplace
- Warragul, VIC
- Deathplace
- Armadale, VIC
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 76 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from VFA club Oakleigh, Arthur Roberts joined his older brother Billy at the Saints for a career defined by a harrowing on-field trauma and a resilient comeback. His debut season as a 19-year-old was brutally interrupted during a clash with Collingwood, where a severe collision ruptured his spleen and left him in a critical condition in hospital. The life-threatening injury derailed his early progress as a defender, restricting him to sporadic appearances over the next few seasons before he left the league to coach in Bendigo. Roberts returned to St Kilda after a two-year hiatus, reinventing himself as a forward in 1936 to kick the majority of his career goals before retiring, declining renewed interest from Melbourne to focus on cricket.