| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1942-02-25)25 February 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Caernarfon, Wales | ||
| Date of death | June 1972 (aged 30) | ||
| Place of death | Cambridge, England | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool University | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1965 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1965–1970 | Southend United | 171 | (0) |
| 1970–1972 | Cambridge United | 36 | (0) |
| Total | 207 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Trevor Roberts (25 February 1942 – June 1972) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made a total of 207 appearances in the Football League for Southend United and Cambridge United before dying of a brain tumour at the age of 30.
Career
Roberts began his career as a youth player at Liverpool, combining his playing there with studying for a degree in geography at Liverpool University, He then played in the Football League for Southend United and Cambridge United between 1965 and 1972, making 207 appearances.
Death
In 1968 Roberts recovered from lung cancer. In February 1972 he was admitted to hospital with a brain tumour and died in June 1972 in a nursing home, at the age of 30.
References
- ^ "Ex Reds Keeper Dies". Liverpool Echo. 2 June 1972. p. 1.
- "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- "Death notices – Rest in Peace – 1960s and 1970s". Nigel's Webspace – Galleries of English Football Cards 1965/66 – 1979/80. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- "The Southend United Miscellany" (PDF). Shrimpers Trust. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
| Southend United F.C. – Player of the Year | |
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- 1942 births
- 1972 deaths
- People from Caernarfon
- Sportspeople from Gwynedd
- Welsh men's footballers
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Deaths from brain cancer in England
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