Lew Roberts

Lew Roberts
Personal information
Full name Llewellyn Roberts
Nickname(s) Lew
Date of death 1 July 2005 [1]
Position(s) Center
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–1941
1942–1944
1945–1948
Total
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide/West Torrens
Port Adelaide



179 (50)[2]
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 6
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1948 Port Adelaide 17 (4–13–0)[3]
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1948 season.
Career highlights

Lew Roberts was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He captained the club during the SANFL's war time competition from 1942–1944. After the war Roberts won the clubs' best and fairest in 1946. In 1948 he 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.[4]

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