If a ball had anything to do with it, Jack Roberts was naturally great at it. That was the sentiment of Gainesvillian Walter Byrd, who as quarterback for Gainesville High School’s football team in the late 1940s, threw passes and handed the ball off to Roberts. Roberts, who died last week at age 86, is considered by many as one of the greatest all-around natural athletes in Red Elephant history, statewide as well.