Grenville Roberts

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Grenville Roberts

| fullname = Samuel Grenville Roberts

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|08|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Blackwell, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|06|03|1919|08|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Dunkirk, France

| position = Inside forward

| years1 = 1934

| clubs1 = Huthwaite Swifts

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 1935

| clubs2 = Huthwaite CWS

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| clubs3 = Huthwaite Colliery

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| years4 = 1937–1939

| clubs4 = Nottingham Forest

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 0

}}

Samuel Grenville Roberts (also known as Samuel Granville Roberts, 16 August 1919 – 3 June 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a inside forward in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.{{ENFA|name=Grenville Roberts}}

Personal life

Roberts served in the British Army as a private in the 2nd/5th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment, part of the 46th Infantry Division, during the Second World War.{{CWGC|id=2275131|name=Roberts, Samuel Granville|access-date=21 July 2020}} He died of wounds following a strafing attack by German Stukas at Dunkirk on 3 June 1940.{{Cite web |title=The Foresters who played and fought |url=https://www.forzagaribaldi.com/the-foresters-who-played-and-fought/ |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=ForzaGaribaldi|date=10 November 2019 }} Roberts is commemorated at the Dunkirk Memorial.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! rowspan="2" \|Division ! colspan="2" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="2" \|Nottingham Forest \|1937–38{{Cite web \|title=Grenville Roberts \|url=http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Grenville%20Roberts \|access-date=6 September 2020 \|website=The City Ground}} \|rowspan="2" \|Second Division \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
1938–39 \|5 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|5 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !6 !0 !0 !0 !6 !0

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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! colspan="2" |League

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rowspan="2" |Nottingham Forest

|1937–38{{Cite web |title=Grenville Roberts |url=http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Grenville%20Roberts |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=The City Ground}}

|rowspan="2" |Second Division

1938–39

colspan="3" |Career total

References

Category:1919 births

Category:1940 deaths

Category:Military personnel from Derbyshire

Category:Footballers from Derbyshire

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Men's association football inside forwards

Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players

Category:West Yorkshire Regiment soldiers

Category:British Army personnel killed in World War II

Category:English Football League players

Category:Deaths by German airstrikes during World War II

Category:20th-century English sportsmen