Albert Tasman Roberts (18 August 1901 – 9 April 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).League Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 April 1928, p.4: "T. H. Roberts, St. Kilda to Fitzroy".
Originally recruited from Prahran in the Victorian Football Association,Football, The Argus, (Thursday, 7 May 1925), p.5. he returned to the VFA to play for Yarraville Football Club in 1929.Football: Fitzroy Training List, The Age, (Tuesday, 23 April 1929), p.12; Yarraville Association Team, 1929, The (Melbourne) Weekly Times, (Saturday, 3 August 1929), p.39; Football Teams: Yarraville, The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 August 1919), p.76. In July 1930 Roberts and a Yarraville team-mate, Peter Hannan, were involved in a car accident, in which Roberts fractured his skull.Serious Motor Accident, The Frankston and Somerville Standard, (Saturday,2 August 1930), p.5.
In 1940, using his given name, his mother's maiden name and a false date of birth, Roberts enlisted in the 2/22nd Infantry Battalion as Albert Lyons. In April 1941 his battalion embarked to Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea. He was captured as a prisoner of war during the Battle of Rabaul in January 1942. In October 1945 he was recorded as having died on 9 April 1942 from inanition cachexia (starvation).
See also List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service
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Tasman Roberts's playing statistics from The VFA Project Boyles Football Photos: Tasman Roberts