Double winner John Roberts has died at the
age of 69, his former club Arsenal have announced.
The
Wales defender played for Swansea and Northampton before joining Arsenal in
1969 and spent more than three years in north London.
Roberts
featured 18 times in Arsenal’s historic 1970-71 campaign when the Gunners
became only the second team in the modern era to complete the league and FA Cup
double.
In
all, Roberts made 81 appearances for Arsenal before joining Division One rivals
Birmingham in 1972.
He
went on to play for Wrexham and Hull before retiring in the early 1980s.
Abercynon-born
Roberts won 22 international caps and was part of the Wales squad which reached
the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Championship.
“Everyone
at Arsenal Football Club was saddened to hear of the death of John Roberts,”
said a statement on the official club website.
“The
thoughts of everyone at Arsenal are with John’s family and friends.”
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