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Les Roebuck
Les Roebuck
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Norman Roebuck
Date of birth	10 November 1885
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	18 May 1973 (aged 87)
Place of death	Surrey Hills, Victoria
Original team(s)	Geelong West
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1905–1908	Geelong
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Career highlights
	Geelong leading goalkicker: 1906;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie Norman "Les" Roebuck (10 November 1885 – 18 May 1973)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also a leading tennis player.^[2]

VFL

Roebuck is on record as weighing only 57 kg, during his football career at Geelong, where he played for four seasons.^[3]

Recruited from Geelong West, Roebuck was Geelong's leading goalkicker in the 1906 VFL season, with 21 goals.^[3]^[4] His best goal tally in a game was five, which he got against Melbourne at Corio Oval in 1907.^[5]

Tennis

Roebuck played regularly on the tennis circuit and competed at the 1914 Australasian Championships. In the opening round he defeated W. C. Marsden, then conceded a second round walkover to two-time former champion Rodney Heath, who went on to make the semi-finals.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Les Roebuck – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ "Lawn Tennis". Winner. Melbourne. 21 June 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
^ "Geelong v. Melbourne;". Geelong Advertiser. Victoria. 27 May 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 24 November 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "The Australasian Championships". The Referee. Sydney. 2 December 1914. p. 16. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.