Vic Roberts
Birth name | Victor George Roberts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 August 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Penryn, Cornwall, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 14 March 2004 | (aged 79)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Horsham, West Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Falmouth Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Victor George Roberts (6 August 1924 – 14 March 2004)[1] was an English rugby union player.
Biography
Vic Roberts was capped 16 times for the
. He was later vice-president and co-selector for the Lions.At club level, Roberts played for Penryn and Harlequins before transferring to Swansea when his job in Customs and Excise took him to the town.[2] He also played for invitational touring side the Barbarians and later became their vice-president.[2]
References
- ^ Vic Roberts international rugby profile ESPNScrum.com
- ^ a b "Death Of Former Swansea International". Welsh Rugby Union. 17 March 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2010.