Height/Weight 198cm / 120kg Weight 113 kg Height 1.99 m | Name Brian Roberts Years Club | |
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Date of birth (1946-04-28) 28 April 1946 (age 69) Place of birth Millicent, South Australia 1971-1975
1975
Total - Richmond
South Melbourne Role Australian Rules Football Player Original team East Fremantle Football Club | ||
Brian Stuart Roberts (28 April 1945 – 6 August 2016) was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1971 and 1975 for the Richmond Football Club (as well as a short stint with South Melbourne in 1975).
Roberts was known as "The Whale" due to his enormous stature and played as a ruckman.
In the 1976 pre-season he had a disagreement with coach Ian Stewart and walked out on South Melbourne. He died on 6 August 2016.
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