| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 November 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Anderston, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1921 | Queen's Park | 71 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John T. Roberts MM was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a centre half in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.
Personal life
Prior to the First World War, Roberts worked as a drapery warehouseman. After Britain's entry into the war in August 1914, Roberts enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry and was serving as a sergeant when he won the Military Medal for "gallant conduct" on the first day on the Somme in July 1916. During the course of the action he was shot in the shoulder and recovered back in Britain.
References
- "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Highland Light Infantry soldiers
- People from Anderston
- Men's association football wing halves
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Recipients of the Military Medal
- Footballers from Glasgow
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football midfielder, 1890s birth stubs