His older brother, Michael Jacques Roet (1938-), a solicitor, played with the Melbourne Third XVIII in 1955,[1] and was the captain of University Blacks in B Grade of the VAFA in 1958.
Anticipating that he may wish to return to the University team at some future time, he played in the VFL as an amateur.
[2] He was recruited from University Blacks in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, and was centre-half back in Melbourne's 1964 premiership side.
[3][4] Educated at Melbourne Grammar School, and at Melbourne University,[5] Brian Roet, M.B., B.D., D.A., who has worked as an anaesthetist and general practitioner, is now based in London.
He practices as a psychotherapist, and specializes in hypnotherapy, and is a member of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis.