Les Roebuck
| Les Roebuck | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Norman Roebuck | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong,Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 18 May 1973(aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Surrey Hills, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Geelong West | ||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1905–1908 | Geelong | 35 (43) | |
|
1Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leslie Norman "Les" Roebuck(10 November 1885 – 18 May 1973)[1]was anAustralian rules footballerwho played withGeelongin theVictorian Football League(VFL). He was also a leading tennis player.[2]
VFL
[edit]Roebuck is on record as weighing only 57 kg, during his football career at Geelong, where he played for four seasons.[3]
Recruited fromGeelong West,Roebuck was Geelong'sleading goalkickerin the1906 VFL season,with 21 goals.[3][4]His best goal tally in a game was five, which he got againstMelbourneatCorio Ovalin 1907.[5]
Tennis
[edit]Roebuck played regularly on the tennis circuit and competed at the1914 Australasian Championships.In the opening round he defeated W. C. Marsden, then conceded a second roundwalkoverto two-time former championRodney Heath,who went on to make the semi-finals.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^"Les Roebuck – Player Bio".Australian Football.Retrieved21 January2015.
- ^"Lawn Tennis".Winner.Melbourne. 21 June 1916. p. 4.Retrieved22 January2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ^abHolmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007).The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers.BAS Publishing.ISBN9781920910785.
- ^Lovett, Michael (2004).AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL.AFL Publishing.ISBN0-9580300-5-7.
- ^"Geelong v. Melbourne;".Geelong Advertiser.Victoria. 27 May 1907. p. 4.Retrieved22 January2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ^"Tennis Championships".The Argus.Melbourne. 24 November 1914. p. 4.Retrieved22 January2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ^"The Australasian Championships".The Referee.Sydney. 2 December 1914. p. 16.Retrieved22 January2015– via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Les Roebuck's playing statisticsfrom AFL Tables
 | ThisAustralian rules footballbiography of a person born in 1885 is astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |