Dick Roberts (footballer, born 1891)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard Edward Roberts[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Rhyl, Wales | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1910 | Rhyl United | ||
1910–1914 | Leeds City | 0 | (0) |
1914 | Rhyl Town | ||
1914–1919 | Coventry City | 37 | (1) |
–1920 | Rhyl United | ||
1920–1922 | Nuneaton Town | ||
–1929 | Atherstone Town | ||
Barwell United | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Richard Edward Roberts was a Welsh professional footballer who played in the Football League for Coventry City as a left back.[1][2][3][4]
Personal life
[edit]Roberts' brothers Hugh and Albert were also footballers.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Coventry City | 1914–15[6] | Southern League Second Division | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
1919–20[6] | Second Division | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Career total | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
Honours
[edit]Atherstone Town
- Lady Agnes Durham Cup: 1928–29[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 247. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Dawning Of A New Era?". Coventry City FC – Coventry Mad. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 1" (PDF). p. 27. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Pontypridd v Coventry City, 19 September 1914". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Review of 1910/11 Part 1 – Play up, Ireland!". The Definitive History of Leeds United. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Richard E Roberts". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 1 2015, p. 246.
Categories:
- Welsh men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Leeds City F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Nuneaton Town F.C. players
- Atherstone Town F.C. players
- 1891 births
- Sportspeople from Rhyl
- Footballers from Denbighshire
- Leeds City F.C. wartime guest players
- Welsh football defender stubs