Past Mark 'the Fridge' Roberts (1987-1990)

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Footyinfo

Full name: Mark Roberts
Born: June 28, 1965
Teams: Sydney 1985-86, Brisbane Bears 1987-90, North Melbourne 1991-99
Height: 190cm
Weight: 92kg
Debut: Melbourne vs Sydney Round 10, M.C.G., 1 June 1985

Wikipedia

Mark Roberts (born 28 June 1965) played over 200 games of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. Nicknamed the "Fridge", he played 18 games in 2 seasons with Sydney Swans, 59 games in four seasons with Brisbane Bears and 125 with the North Melbourne Kangaroos. His height was 189 cm and his weight was 96 kg (formerly 104 kg). He was recruited from the St George Football Club in Sydney.

In 2001, Roberts and former teammate David King were charged with assaulting a hot dog seller. In 2006, Roberts was senior coach for the Labrador Football Club in the AFL Queensland. In 2009, Roberts was the playing coach of Lebrinna. They finished second in the Nefu division 2 competition in Tasmania.

Statistics:

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Brunton was one of the first “local” products to play for the Swans, with Terry Thripp, Arthur Chilcott and Mark Roberts among the pioneers.

 

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Brisbane Bears first ever game

B:      Peter Banfield     [U]Mark Roberts[/U]             Dale Dickson
HB:     Cameron O'Brien    Steve Reynoldson (dvc)   Matthew Campbell
C:      David O'Keeffe     Geoff Raines             Phillip Walsh
HF:     Brenton Phillips   Mick McCarthy            John Fidge
F:      Neil Hein          Jim Edmond               Mike Richardson
Rucks:  Mark Mickan (c)    Mark Williams (vc)       Bernie Harris.
I/C:    Brad Hardie        Chris Waterson
Emerg:  Rick Norman
Coach:  Peter Knights

 

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Mark Roberts Profile
AFL Record 1987
Round 12, page 11

Favorite Position: Back-pocket, full-forward
Date and place of birth: 28.6.65, Victoria
Recruited from: St. George, NSW via Sydney Swans
Football Honours: Represented NSW in the 1984 Teal Cup (Australian under 17 championships), represented NSW in 1985
Occupation: Glorified Council Worker!
School/s attended: James Cook high school, Marist Brothers, North Shore
Car: Laser (The Amazer!)
Favorite singer/group: Eurythmics, Phil Collins
Biggest influence on career: All my family
Most admired sportsmen: Ivan Lendl, Barry Round (former Sydney Swans' teammate)
Routine before a match: Nothing special — just relax
Biggest disappointment: Not playing in the 1986 finals series with the Swans
Biggest thrill: Playing my first game in 1985
Nickname: The Fridge
Football ambition: To play in a successful Brisbane Bears side

 

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Trade

North Melbourne gain Mark Roberts + ?
Brisbane Bears gain Travis Martin-Benyon + ?

 

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North Melbourne profile

The hard-working and dedicated veteran late in his career was virtually unrecognisable from the lazy performer whose weight balooned way beyond a reasonable level in his early days at Sydney and Brisbane.

He originally came from Sydney club St George and played his early football at full-back. Many people wondered why North bothered recruiting him and when he hurt his knee in his first game things looked even worse. But he would end up giving tremendous service to the club and earned respect as a clubman and clever forward who had a good football brain.

A member of the Roo 1996 premiership side, ironically, against his original AFL club.

 

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Roberts: Have a go, Thompson
02 September 2007 Sunday
Herald Sun
Jon Ralph

KANGAROOS premiership utility Mark Roberts - credited with the fastest knee reconstruction in AFL history - says Nathan Thompson may live with "a lifetime of regrets" if he doesn't test his knee this year.

While Roos coach Dean Laidley said on Thursday he was unlikely to risk Thompson, Roberts said the Kangaroos should at least consider playing him as a deep forward.

Roberts had a second reconstruction on his knee in Round 10, 1994, but amazingly returned to play reserves 13 weeks later in Round 22, before a senior preliminary final return.

 

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1996 Grand final victory over Sydney

B:       Robert Scott      Mick Martyn       Glenn Archer
HB:      Wayne Schwass     Ian Fairley       John Blakey
C:       David King        Adam Simpson      Dean Laidley
HF:      Glenn Freeborn    Wayne Carey (c)   Brett Allison
F:       Craig Sholl       Corey McKernan    Darren Crocker
Foll:    Matthew Capuano   Anthony Rock      Anthony Stevens
Int:     Stuart Anderson   Mark Roberts      Peter Bell   
Coach:   Denis Pagan

 

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Footy Record 1997
Round 4, page 35

As we enter round four, let's stop for a minute and look back 10 years — to round four, 1987, when the almost new Brisbane Bears played their first home game for premiership points.

The match was at Carrara, on Queensland's Gold Coast, and the opponent was Fitzroy, which had been successful in its first three games. A crowd of 22,512 watched the historic match, which Fitzroy
won by 16 points.

The only remaining AFL player from the Brisbane line-up is Mark Roberts, who was chosen at full-back. Roberts is expected to
be at the Gabba playing with North in today's game.

 

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Mark Roberts (1998 Grand Final)

Howdy people,
Just been having a look at all the old grand finals as of late ....and then i came across the 1998 Grand final when we were beaten by the Crow eaters.
Now I was there that day as many of us would have been, but one thing i didnt really take notice of on the day was the fact that Mark Roberts didnt take the field after half time!!
Now in my opinion the FRIDGE was B.O.G up until he did his hammy.....and North were looking very sharp, especially Winston in the 1st Quarter.
It was kind of the same this year for the Brisbane boys when Martin Pike was absolutely dominating up until he got injured and didnt play any further part in the match....but you see there reward was that they won the flag and we didnt.

So my Question to you people is ``Do you think that Mark Roberts not playing any further part in the 98 grand final have any effect on the teams spirits or is it just something that will never be answered?

 

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Roos pay for cowardly attack on kebab man
By Jamie Berry
June 13 2002

Kangaroos AFL premiership players David King and Mark Roberts were each given a 12-month good behaviour bond and ordered to pay $2000 to charity yesterday for their "cowardly" and "stupid" assault of a fast-food vendor last year.

Father of two Bulent Coskun suffered bruising to the face, cuts to the hand, ear, and jaw and back soreness after King, Roberts and Darren Postlethwaite, assaulted him at a kebab stall on Flemington Road, North Melbourne, in May.

The players originally denied that King was involved in the assault. But in the Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday, King, 30, Roberts, 36, and Postlethwaite, 32 - all of North Melbourne - pleaded guilty to assault in company.

The court heard the trio abused Mr Coskun, 24, for being too slow and that the "shit kebabs" he served were too expensive. Sergeant Rod Hardy, prosecuting, said one man took a sausage from the warmer, wanting the sausage free. When Mr Coskun asked for the sausage to be purchased or returned, a scuffle ensued.

 

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1SPORT Financial Management

1SPORT Financial Management was originally conceived (by Mark Roberts, Paul Rowles and Michael Quinlan) to provide high level advice to elite sportspeople by a company who have had direct involvement in elite sports. 1Sport still deals with the “stars” and has branched out to take the same level of service to the mum & dad “stars” in wealth creation

Mark Roberts - Managing Director
Former AFL premiership player for North Melbourne (1996), Mark has also played with Sydney Swans and Brisbane Bears. Mark was one of the few players who continued to work right up until his retirement and has turned his focus and time to running all areas of the 1SPORT Financial Management which includes 1SPORT Finance, 1SPORT Realty, 1SPORT Insurance, 1SPORT Active Super and 1SPORT Financial Planning.

Mark is also heavily involved with the running and direction of Breakaway Financial Group (www.bafg.com.au), a similar modelled Financial Company to 1SPORT.

Mark holds the following licences and qualifications:

• Certificate IV of mortgage broking.
• MFAA – member / licence No 48575
• Licensed Real Estate – Licence No 3236367
• 1Sport Realty Pty Ltd Licence No 3306535
• Advance Diploma of Financial Services
• Financial Services Licence – Authorised Representative No 326799 of Avestra Capital Pty Ltd AFSL No 292464