Mark Roberts (Australian footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Mark Roberts
Personal information
Full name	Mark Roberts
Date of birth	(1965-06-28) 28 June 1965 (age 59)
Original team(s)	St George (Sydney)
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985–1986	Sydney Swans	018 00(5)
1987–1990	Brisbane Bears	059 0(14)
1991–1999	North Melbourne	125 (150)
Total		202 (169)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mark Roberts (born 28 June 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans, Brisbane Bears and North Melbourne in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

Nicknamed the "Fridge", he played 18 games in 2 seasons with Sydney Swans, 59 games in four seasons with Brisbane Bears and 125 with the North Melbourne Kangaroos. His height was 189 cm and his weight was 96 kg (formerly 104 kg).

He was recruited from the St George Football Club in Sydney.

In 2001, Roberts and former teammate David King were charged with assaulting a hot dog seller.

In 2006, Roberts was senior coach for the Labrador Football Club in the AFL Queensland.

Statistics

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)								Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	Votes
1985	Sydney	51	6	4	4	31	9	40	13	—	0	0.7	0.7	5.2	1.5	6.7	2.2	—	0.0	0
1986	Sydney	27	12	1	1	87	43	130	23	—	2	0.1	0.1	7.3	3.6	10.8	1.9	—	0.2	3
1987	Brisbane Bears	27	14	0	0	77	47	124	29	11	0	0.0	0.0	5.5	3.4	8.9	2.1	0.8	0.0	0
1988	Brisbane Bears	27	8	1	1	52	18	70	13	3	3	0.1	0.1	6.5	2.3	8.8	1.6	0.4	0.4	0
1989	Brisbane Bears	27	19	5	3	166	83	249	61	17	3	0.3	0.2	8.7	4.4	13.1	3.2	0.9	0.2	0
1990	Brisbane Bears	27	18	8	11	162	88	250	66	15	9	0.4	0.6	9.0	4.9	13.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	0
1991	North Melbourne	22	12	8	6	116	81	197	41	13	14	0.7	0.5	9.7	6.8	16.4	3.4	1.1	1.2	0
1992	North Melbourne	22	1	0	2	6	1	7	2	1	0	0.0	2.0	6.0	1.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0
1993	North Melbourne	22	21	47	14	223	103	326	66	21	38	2.2	0.7	10.6	4.9	15.5	3.1	1.0	1.8	0
1994	North Melbourne	22	10	23	18	116	54	170	43	9	3	2.3	1.8	11.6	5.4	17.0	4.3	0.9	0.3	0
1995	North Melbourne	22	21	16	14	152	81	233	52	8	30	0.8	0.7	7.2	3.9	11.1	2.5	0.4	1.4	1
1996†	North Melbourne	22	22	25	20	227	110	337	72	32	25	1.1	0.9	10.3	5.0	15.3	3.3	1.5	1.1	2
1997	North Melbourne	22	22	17	21	250	101	351	84	28	36	0.8	1.0	11.4	4.6	16.0	3.8	1.3	1.6	3
1998	North Melbourne	22	15	14	15	162	80	242	51	16	44	0.9	1.0	10.8	5.3	16.1	3.4	1.1	2.9	3
1999	Kangaroos	22	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career			202	169	130	1827	901	2728	616	174	207	0.8	0.6	9.0	4.5	13.5	3.0	0.9	1.0	12

References

The Dangerous Life Of A Hot Dog Seller. Retrieved on 10 June 2008.
"Mark Roberts". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

External links

Premiership stars to celebrate reunion
Mark Roberts's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e North Melbourne Football Club 1996 AFL premiers
North Melbourne 19.17 (131) defeated Sydney Swans 13.10 (88), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Schwass 3. Rock 4. Martyn 5. Anderson 6. Fairley 7. Laidley 8. Scott 10. Stevens 11. Archer 12. Blakey 16. Capuano 17. Freeborn 18. Carey (c) 22. Roberts 24. Sholl 26. Bell 27. Crocker 31. McKernan 33. Allison 34. King 37. Simpson
Coach: Pagan

v t e Inaugural Brisbane Bears VFL team
Full-back	Peter Banfield Mark Roberts Dale Dickson
Half-back	Cameron O'Brien Steve Reynoldson Matthew Campbell
Centre	David O'Keeffe Geoff Raines Phil Walsh
Half-forward	Brenton Phillips Michael McCarthy John Fidge
Full-forward	Neil Hein Jim Edmond Mike Richardson
Ruck	Mark Mickan (c) Mark Williams Bernie Harris
Interchange	Brad Hardie Chris Waterson
Coach	Peter Knights
Brisbane Bears defeated North Melbourne 19.23 (137) to 15.14 (104), round 1, 1987, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

v t e New South Wales squad – 1988 Bicentennial State of Origin Carnival (Australian rules football)
Semi-Final: South Australia 12.8 (80) defeated New South Wales 8.11 (59), at Football Park, 3 March 1988 3rd Play-Off: New South Wales 10.8 (68) defeated Western Australia 9.12 (66), at Football Park, 5 March 1988
Bartholomaeus Bradmore Brownless Byrne Carroll (vc) Coleman Cordy A. Daniher C. Daniher T. Daniher (c) Hawke Honybun Kruse Longmire Morphett Morwood Murphy O'Donoghue Phyland Powell Roberts Scott Thripp Toohey Winton Wright Yorgey
Coach: Hafey

v t e New South Wales team – 1990 State of Origin (Australian rules football)
New South Wales 13.8 (86) defeated Victoria 10.16 (76), at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 20 May 1990
Allison Bolton Brownless Carey Cordy A. Daniher C. Daniher N. Daniher T. Daniher (c) Eustice Gayfer Ironmonger Longmire Mitchell Morris Phyland Potter Powell Roberts Toohey Werner Wright (vc)
Coach: Kinnear

v t e New South Wales-ACT team – 1993 State of Origin (Australian rules football)
Victoria 19.16 (130) defeated New South Wales-ACT 8.17 (65), at the MCG, 1 June 1993, crowd: 22,409
New South Wales	Brownless Brunton Carey (c) Coleman Crawford A. Daniher C. Daniher Gayfer Kelly (vc) Lawson Longmire Morris Murphy Powell Roberts Toohey Wheeler
Australian Capital Territory	Allison Barich Hird Neill Pyke
Coach: T. Daniher (NSW)

v t e Australian Football Alliance (The Allies) team – 1996 State of Origin
Tasmania	Bond Febey Fletcher Gale O'Connor Richardson Shanahan Wright
Queensland	Akermanis Ashcroft Cockatoo-Collins Crosisca Dunstall Voss
New South Wales	Crawford Doolan Roberts Stafford
Northern Territory	Buckley Burns Chisholm White
Coach: Daniher (NSW)

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