Maurice Roberts (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maurice Ernest Stanley Roberts[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 July 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
Date of death | April 1993[1] | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Bristol, England | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1947 | Brentford | 10 | (0) |
1947 | Bristol City | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Maurice Ernest Stanley Roberts (5 July 1922 – April 1993) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as an outside left.[2]
Personal life
[edit]By February 1951, Roberts had recovered from a case of "sudden blindness".[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1946–47[4] | First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Career total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Maurice Roberts". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 135. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "Most thrilled football fan among the masses mustered at yesterday's League matches was Maurice Roberts, former professional player with Brentford and Bristol City". Sunday Mirror. 4 February 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 379. ISBN 0951526200.
Categories:
- 1922 births
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Footballers from Bristol
- Bristol City F.C. players
- 1993 deaths
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Men's association football midfielders
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1920s birth stubs