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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]
Place of death Coventry, England
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
Port Sunlight
St Helens Recreation
1908–1909 Southport Central 29 (5)
1909–1913 Leeds City 108 (13)
1913–1914 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
1914–1915 Luton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Personal life

Roberts' had a wife and four children and his brothers Albert and Dick were also footballers. [2] [4] Roberts served as a private in the Middlesex Regiment's Football Battalion during the First World War, [5] but he was unable to return to football after sustaining a fractured ankle in an accident in France in September 1918. [2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southport Central 1908–09 [6] Lancashire Combination First Division 29 5 1 0 2 [a] 0 32 5
Leeds City 1909–10 [7] Second Division 24 6 1 0 25 6
1910–11 [7] 35 4 1 1 36 5
1911–12 [7] 38 2 2 1 40 3
1912–13 [7] 11 1 11 1
Total 108 13 4 2 112 15
Career total 137 18 5 2 2 0 144 20
  1. ^ Appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 247. ISBN  978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ "Review of 1910/11 Part 1 – Play up, Ireland!". The Definitive History of Leeds United. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Hugh Pierce Roberts | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Hugh Roberts". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d "Leeds City Players Details : No.62 : Roberts, Hugh Pierce (Hugh)". Leeds United F.C. History. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]
Place of death Coventry, England
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
Port Sunlight
St Helens Recreation
1908–1909 Southport Central 29 (5)
1909–1913 Leeds City 108 (13)
1913–1914 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
1914–1915 Luton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Personal life

Roberts' had a wife and four children and his brothers Albert and Dick were also footballers. [2] [4] Roberts served as a private in the Middlesex Regiment's Football Battalion during the First World War, [5] but he was unable to return to football after sustaining a fractured ankle in an accident in France in September 1918. [2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southport Central 1908–09 [6] Lancashire Combination First Division 29 5 1 0 2 [a] 0 32 5
Leeds City 1909–10 [7] Second Division 24 6 1 0 25 6
1910–11 [7] 35 4 1 1 36 5
1911–12 [7] 38 2 2 1 40 3
1912–13 [7] 11 1 11 1
Total 108 13 4 2 112 15
Career total 137 18 5 2 2 0 144 20
  1. ^ Appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 247. ISBN  978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ "Review of 1910/11 Part 1 – Play up, Ireland!". The Definitive History of Leeds United. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Hugh Pierce Roberts | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Hugh Roberts". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d "Leeds City Players Details : No.62 : Roberts, Hugh Pierce (Hugh)". Leeds United F.C. History. Retrieved 12 June 2017.



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