Player #436
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1953-54
1957-58
Retired
Ken O Roberts
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1954-57 🕒 39 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #436 |
Season :
1953-54 | 1954-55 | 1955-56 | 1956-57 | 1957-58 |
Age :
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
Division :
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # | # |
Appearances :
16 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Starts :
16 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Assists :
- | - | - | - | - |
Involvements :
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
Bookings :
- | - | - | - | - |
Sendings Off :
- | - | - | - | - |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Kenneth Owen Roberts
Birth Date
27 March 1936
Birth Place
Cefn Mawr, Wrexham
Birth Country
Wales
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
Wales
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Maelor Youth Club
1951-53 Wrexham
Football League Third Division North
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
Original Transfer
Aged
17
From
Wrexham
For
Free
On
May 1953
Under
George Martin
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
22
Retired
Released
May 1958
Eric Houghton 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1958 Retired aged 22
Died
6 February 2021, Aged 84
Ken O Roberts
Villa Career
1954-57 | Free |
Football League First Division
🕒 39 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #436 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Eric Houghton 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
23 January 1954
Under
Eric Houghton 🏴
First Squad
23 January 1954
Manager
Eric Houghton 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1953-54
23 January 1954
Blackpool (a), Division One
17
Eric Houghton 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1957-58
16 November 1957
Tottenham Hotspur (h), Division One
21
Eric Houghton 🏴
Final Squad
16 November 1957
Manager
Eric Houghton 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Ken O Roberts
Player #436 for Aston Villa, Kenneth Owen Roberts, known as Ken Roberts, and nicknamed KO, played as a winger for the club in the outside right position.
Ken played for Villa between 1953-54 and 1957-58 making 39 appearances and scoring 4 goals.
Ken was born in Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Wales, on 27 March 1936 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 23 January 1954 aged just 17.
Villa had signed Ken from Wrexham in May 1953 and he made 16 appearances, scoring twice, in his debut season, despite his tender years.
Indeed Ken’s debut came aged 15 years and 158 days old - the same age as the League’s youngest ever player Albert Geldard.
For comparison Villa’s youngest player in all competitions was Jimmy Brown who was aged 15 years and 349 days when he made his debut on 17 September 1969 in a League Division Two game at Bolton Wanderers.
Ken’s early promise however was to prove a cruel false dawn as he wouldn’t again manage double figures in a league season for Villa and a knee injury caused his premature retirement at the age of just 21 after 4 years with the club.
Ken made his final appearance for Villa on Saturday, 16 November 1957 and although during his time with Villa they won the 1957 FA Cup Ken, having not been able to feature in the campaign, did not receive the honour of an FA Cup Winners medal.
Ken had played under Villa manager Eric Houghton. Ken passed away on 6 February 2021 aged 84.