Archie Roberts is a forward for Essendon. His recent performance has been disapointing with an average of 1.5 over the last 5 rounds, playing just 4 games. As a forward, he is ranked number 388 in the competition with an average of 1.5 for the season. His consistency has been poor and trending down.
Archibald Frederick Roberts (16 July 1910 – 6 June 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Roberts also played with Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Prahran after his VFL career ended.
He took part in the Battle of Ambon during World War II in January 1942. He was captured, and eventually died of illness, still a prisoner of war of the Japanese, on 6 June 1945.
The son of Archibald William Roberts (1887-1943), and Lily Emily Mary Roberts (1887-1971), née Davis, Archibald Frederick Roberts was born at Burnley on 16 July 1910.
Recruited by Melbourne from Cheltenham, he played several matches for the Second XVIII before he played his first senior VFL match for Melbourne, aged 21, against St Kilda, at the MCG on 2 July 1932 (round nine); Lou Riley and Alan Ryan also played their first senior matches on that day. Having lost its first eight matches, this was Melbourne's first win for the 1932 season, winning by 11 points, 12.13 (85) to 10.14 (74).
