Hugh Roberts (footballer)

Hugh Roberts (14 October 1882 – 5 December 1969) was a Welsh professional football outside right, best remembered for his four years in the Football League with Leeds City.[2][1][3]

Hugh Roberts
Personal information
Full name Hugh Pierce Roberts[1]
Date of birth 14 October 1882
Place of birth Rhyl, Wales
Date of death 5 December 1969(1969-12-05) (aged 87)[2]
Playing position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Port Sunlight
St Helens Recreation
1908–1909 Southport Central
1909–1913 Leeds City 108 (13)
1913–1914 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
1914–1915 Luton Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Roberts' had a wife and four children and his brothers Albert and Dick were also footballers.[2][4] Roberts served with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[5] He was unable to return to football after he sustained a fractured ankle in an accident in France in September 1918.[2]

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leeds City 1909–10[6] Second Division 24 6 1 0 25 6
1910–11[6] 35 4 1 1 36 5
1911–12[6] 38 2 2 1 40 3
1912–13[6] 11 1 — 11 1
Career total 108 13 4 2 112 15
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References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 247. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "Private Hugh Pierce Roberts | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. "Player Details". Port Online. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. "The Definitive History of Leeds United – Review of 1910/11 Part 1 – Play up, Ireland!". www.mightyleeds.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. "The Footballers' Battalions". www.football-league.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  6. "Leeds United F.C. History". www.ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


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