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 information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugh Pierce Roberts[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1882 | ||
| Place of birth | Rhyl, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 5 December 1969 (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 | |||
Personal life edit
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 edit
| 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 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup
References edit
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 247. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d e "Private Hugh Pierce Roberts | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Player Details". Port Online. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Review of 1910/11 Part 1 – Play up, Ireland!". The Definitive History of Leeds United. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Hugh Pierce Roberts | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Hugh Roberts". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ 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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