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Key Facts

Full name
Albert Tasman Roberts

Known as
Tasman Roberts

Born
18 August 1901

Died
9 April 1942 (aged 40)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 23y 271d
Last game: 27y 14d

Senior clubs
St. Kilda; Fitzroy

Jumper numbers
St. Kilda: 4
Fitzroy: 10

Recruited from
St. Kilda (1928)

Tasman Roberts

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
St. KildaV/AFL1925-192741220.5441%———0
FitzroyV/AFL192817100.5941%———0
V/AFL1925-192858320.5541%———0
Total1925-192858320.5541%———0

AFL: 3,030th player to appear, 3,940th most games played, 2,865th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 577th player to appear, 372nd most games played, 279th most goals kickedFitzroy: 352nd player to appear, 500th most games played, 349th most goals kicked

Tasman Roberts was a useful ruckman, forward and occasional defender who acquitted himself well at league level with two clubs. Having played in the Victorian Junior Football Association with Prahran he was recruited by St Kilda in 1925, and went on to play 41 VFL games and score 22 goals for the club over three seasons. A single season stint with Fitzroy followed, during which he played 17 games and kicked 10 goals. He crossed to Yarraville in the VFA to round off his playing career with 33 games and 22 goals in 1929-30. He was later to die of starvation whilst a prisoner of the Japanese in world war two.

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Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.