sport.wikisort.org - AthleteLewis Edgar Roberts (2 April 1918 – 3 March 2001) was an Australian rules footballer, railwayman and businessman, best known as a prominent player for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Lew Roberts |
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Full name |
Lewis Edgar Roberts |
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Date of birth |
(1918-04-02)2 April 1918 |
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Place of birth |
Evandale, South Australia[1][2] |
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Date of death |
3 March 2001(2001-03-03) (aged 82)[3] |
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Position(s) |
Centre |
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Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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1937–1941 |
Port Adelaide |
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1942–1944 |
Port Adelaide/West Torrens |
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1945–1948 |
Port Adelaide |
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Total |
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179 (50)[4] |
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Years |
Team |
Games (Goals) |
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South Australia |
6 |
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Years |
Club |
Games (W–L–D) |
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1948 |
Port Adelaide |
17 (4–13–0)[5] |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948. |
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- Port Adelaide best and fairest (1946)
- Port Adelaide/West Torrens captain (1942–1944)
- Port Adelaide captain-coach (1948)
- Port Adelaide hall of fame inductee
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Early life
Roberts was born in Evandale, South Australia,[1][2] into a family that lived in Dublin, South Australia. He attended Adelaide High School.
Roberts began his football career with Port Adelaide in 1937. He captained the club during the SANFL's war time competition from 1942–1944. After the war, he won the club's best and fairest award in 1946.
In 1948, Roberts again took the captaincy of the club along with coaching responsibilities in what was his last year playing for the club. Roberts' ability to kick the ball accurately to advantageous positions for his team mates was a notable part of his game.
Railway and business career
After beginning his working life as a junior porter in the carriage shed of the South Australian Railways, Roberts rose to be a train controller for the Railways. Then, at the beginning of 1953, he took office as General Manager of the Silverton Tramway Company, a position he held until the end of 1971. In that capacity, he oversaw the restructure and dieselisation of the tramway operated by the company between Broken Hill, New South Wales, and Cockburn, South Australia, and in the 1960s the creation of four subsidiaries.
In 1972, in the wake of the closure of the tramway and its replacement by a government-operated standard gauge line two years earlier, Roberts became Corporate Managing Director of the renamed Silverton Limited and subsidiaries. Under his leadership, the company, relocated to Melbourne, continued mine shunting in Broken Hill, and began working on property development and rail construction projects around Australia.
Personal life
Following Roberts' move to Broken Hill to further his career as a railwayman, he continued his sporting interests as Chairman of the Broken Hill Football League. He also became Chairman of the Barrier District Cricket League, and Vice President of the Broken Hill Golf Club.
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Roberts, L. E. (1995). Rails to Wealth: A History of the Silverton Tramway Company Limited, Broken Hill's Railway Service. Melbourne: L.E. Roberts. ISBN 0646265873.
External links
Media related to Lew Roberts at Wikimedia Commons
Links to Lew Roberts-related articles |
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SANFL/AFL |
- 1870: Dale/Wald
- 1871: Stone
- 1872–1873: Middleton
- 1873: Sparnon
- 1874: Wells/Rann
- 1875: R. Sandilands
- 1876: Fletcher
- 1877–1879: Fletcher
- 1880: Atkins/Carter
- 1881: Fletcher/J. Sandilands
- 1882: Frayne/Kellett
- 1883: Le Messurier
- 1883–1885: Turpenny
- 1885: Kellett
- 1886–1889: Bushby
- 1890–1894: McKenzie
- 1895: Miers
- 1896–1898: McKenzie
- 1899–1900: H. Phillips
- 1901–1904: Hosie
- 1904–1905: J. Quinn
- 1906: Fletcher Jr.
- 1906–1907: Corston
- 1908: Strawns
- 1908–1909: Donaghy
- 1910: Woollard
- 1911: Dempster
- 1912: Cocks/Hosking
- 1913–1914: Londrigan
- 1915: McFarlane
- 1916–1918: Eaton
- 1919: Pope/McFarlane
- 1920: Olds/Robertson
- 1921: Oliver
- 1922: Howie
- 1923: Dayman
- 1924–1925: Keal
- 1926: Allingham
- 1927: Bampton
- 1928–1931: V. Johnson
- 1932–1933: Ween
- 1934: V. Johnson
- 1935: R. Johnson
- 1936–1937: Dermody
- 1938: Hender
- 1939–1940: R. Quinn
- 1940–1941: Reval
- 1942–1944: Roberts
- 1945–1947: R. Quinn
- 1948: Roberts
- 1949: Schumann
- 1950–1958: Williams
- 1959–1966: Motley
- 1967–1973: Cahill
- 1974–1978: Ebert
- 1979–1982: Cunningham
- 1983–1985: Ebert
- 1986–1990: Johnston
- 1991–1993: G. Phillips
- 1994–1996: Ginever
- 1997–2000: Wanganeen
- 2001–2005: Primus
- 2006–2008: Tredrea
- 2009–2012: Cassisi
- 2013–2018: Boak
- 2019: Jonas/Wines
- 2020–: Jonas
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AFLW | |
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SANFL/AFL |
- 1870: Wald
- 1871: Stone
- 1872: Middleton
- 1873: Sparnon
- 1874: Rann
- 1875: R. Sandilands
- 1876–1879: Fletcher
- 1880: Atkins
- 1881: J. Sandilands
- 1882: Kellett
- 1883–1885: Turpenny
- 1886–1908: McGargill
- 1909–1910: Hosie
- 1911: Donaghy
- 1911: Woollard
- 1913–1914: Londrigan
- 1915: McFarlane
- 1919–1920: Hansen
- 1921: Hosking
- 1922: Howie
- 1923: Dayman
- 1924–1925: Hosie
- 1927–1931: Hosking
- 1932: Ween
- 1933: Dewar
- 1934–1935: Ashby
- 1936–1938: Hosking
- 1939–1940: Quinn
- 1940–1941: Reval
- 1942–1944: Hosking
- 1945–1947: Quinn
- 1948: Roberts
- 1949: McCarthy
- 1950–1958: F. Williams
- 1959–1966: Motley
- 1962–1973: F. Williams
- 1974–1982: Cahill
- 1983–1987: Ebert
- 1988–1996: Cahill
- 1996: S. Williams
- 1997–1998: Cahill
- 1999–2010: M. Williams
- 2010–2012: Primus
- 2012: Hocking
- 2013–: Hinkley
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AFL Women's | |
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Italics denote caretaker coach |
John Cahill Medal • Port Adelaide Football Club best and fairest winners |
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Port Adelaide 13.16 (94) defeated South Adelaide 9.16 (70), at Adelaide Oval |
- Dermody (c)
- Doyle
- Hender
- Hollingworth
- Johnson
- Obst
- Quinn
- Reval
- Roberts
- West
- Whicker
- Wightman
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Port Adelaide 16.28 (124) defeated West Torrens 11.11 (77), at Adelaide Oval |
- 1. Quinn (c)
- 2. Rudd (vc)
- 4. Johnson
- 5. McLean
- 6. Reval
- 7. Roberts
- 8. Brock
- 9. Abbott
- 10. Bampton
- 11. Kellaway
- 12. R. Dangerfield
- 13. Hender
- 15. Skelley
- 16. Schumann
- 18. Obst
- 19. Hollingworth
- 20. Greening
- 21. Martyn
- 24. I. Dangerfield
- 25. Carmichael
| Coach: Quinn |
Port Adelaide–West Torrens • 1942 SANFL premiers |
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Port Adelaide/West Torrens 18.12 (120) defeated West Adelaide/Glenelg 16.13 (109), at Adelaide Oval |
- L. Martyn
- K. Obst
- Johnstone
- L. McLean
- J. Thiele
- W. McFarlane
- M. Nicholls
- Roberts (c)
- Glastonbury
- C. Dayman
- I. Dangerfield
- A. Franklin
- G. Scott
- Kellaway
- M. Shaw
- R. McLean
- Reval
- Skelley
- Tonkin
| Coach: Hosking |
1940 SANFL Patriotic Match - Country v City |
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Metropolitan Team 23.14 (152) d Country Team 17.23 (125) at Adelaide Oval, 3 August 1940, crowd: 5,592 | Country Team |
- Captain: Dawes
- Bagshaw
- Boyle
- Brown
- Chynoweth
- Dangerfield
- Greening
- Halliday
- Hogan
- Huxtable
- Oatey
- Obst
- Reynolds
- Richter
- Roberts
- Rusby
- Schultz
- Schumann
- Strauss
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Metropolitan Team |
- Captain: Quinn
- Vice-Captain: Warhurst
- Aamodt
- Carmichael
- Connolly
- Cox
- Farmer
- Green
- Lance
- Lowe
- McLean
- Reval
- Skelley
- Templeton
- Thatcher
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South Australian team – 1941 Interstate Game |
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Victoria 22.9 (141) d South Australia 19.17 (131), 12 July 1941, Adelaide Oval, crowd: 23,870 | Full-forward | |
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Half-forward | |
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Centre |
- Colin Aamodt
- Jack Broadstock
- Laurie Cahill
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Half-back |
- Howard Tuohy
- Marcus Boyall
- Ray McArthur
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Full-back |
- Colin Smith (C)
- Ken Obst
- Stan Cox
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Ruck |
- Thomas Kellaway (VC)
- Bill Bentley
- Jack Skelley
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19th Man | |
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Reserve | |
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