Grenville Roberts
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Grenville Roberts | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackwell, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 3 June 1940 (aged 20) | ||
| Place of death | Dunkirk, France | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1934 | Huthwaite Swifts | ||
| 1935 | Huthwaite CWS | ||
| Huthwaite Colliery | |||
| 1937–1939 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Samuel Grenville Roberts (also known as Samuel Granville Roberts, 16 August 1919 – 3 June 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a inside forward in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Roberts served in the British Army as a private in the 2nd/5th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment, part of the 46th Infantry Division, during the Second World War.[2] He died of wounds following a strafing attack by German Stukas at Dunkirk on 3 June 1940.[3] Roberts is commemorated at the Dunkirk Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 1937–38[4] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1938–39[4] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Grenville Roberts at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b "Casualty Details: Roberts, Samuel Granville". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "The Foresters who played and fought". ForzaGaribaldi. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Grenville Roberts". The City Ground. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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- 1919 births
- 1940 deaths
- Military personnel from Derbyshire
- Footballers from Derbyshire
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- West Yorkshire Regiment soldiers
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- English Football League players
- Deaths by German airstrikes during World War II
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football forward, 1910s birth stubs