Athol Tymms Explained

Athol Tymms
Fullname:	Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms
Birth Date:	21 February 1886
Birth Place:	Essendon, Victoria
Death Place:	Armadale, Victoria
Statsend:	1913
Years1:	1905
Club1:	Essendon
Games Goals1:	3 (1)
Years2:	1908–1913
Club2:	University
Games Goals2:	60 (29)
Games Goalstotal:	63 (30)

Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms (21 February 1886 – 2 November 1949) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The third son, and the eighth of the eleven children of English-born jeweller, Robert Joseph Tymms (1847–1930),^[1] and Canadian-born Anna Augusta Tymms (1849-1938), née Magee,^{[2] [3]} Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms was born at Essendon, Victoria on 21 February 1886.

Marriages

He married his first wife, Ethel Mary Ragg (1878-1936),^[4] at Sydney, on 17 December 1915;^[5] they had one child: Robert Dunlop Tymms (b. 30 May 1922).^[6]

He married his second wife, Alison Atkins Fletcher (1904-1998), at Deniliquin, New South Wales in 1937; they had two children: the twins, Athol Mortimer Tymms, and John Mortimer Tymms, both born on 1 August 1938.^[7]

Education

Having been educated at Melbourne Grammar School from 1901 to 1904 where he excelled as both an athlete and a footballer^[8] Tymms went on to study medicine at the University of Melbourne.

• In 1910, he shared the prestigious Beaney Scholarship for Surgery with his fellow Old Melburnian, University Football Club team-mate, and fellow medical student, Edward Cordner.^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}
• He was scheduled to graduate Bachelor of Medicine (MB) on 23 December 1910; however, he did not attend the graduation ceremony.^[13]
• He graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) on 2 March 1911.^[14]
• He graduated Doctor of Medicine (MD) on 5 April 1913.^[15]
• He graduated Master of Surgery (MS) on 8 April 1916.^[16]

Football

Essendon (VFL)

Born in Essendon, he debuted with the Essendon Football Club in 1905, and played in three senior games.

University (VFL)

After two seasons absence, he returned to the VFL with the University in 1908, the club's first season in the VFL competition, going on to play 60 games with University over six seasons (1908-1913).^[17]

Medical career

After the 1913 season Tymms retired to focus on his career as a medical practitioner, and concentrate on his studies to become a specialist surgeon.^[17]

Death

He died at his home in Armadale on 2 November 1949 at the age of 63.^[18]

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content.
• Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.

External links

• • • Essendon Football Club profile

Notes and References

1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202454981 Deaths: Tymms, The Age, (Saturday, 16 August 1930), p.7.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5818622 Marriages: Tymms—Magee, The Argus, (Saturday, 23 April 1870), p.4.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12428856 Deaths: Tymms, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 July August 1938), p.8.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11899578 Deaths: Tymms, The Argus, (Wednesday, 5 August 1936), p.1.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2106432 Marriages: Tymms—Ragg, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 April 1916), p.11.
6. https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1066269&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Flying Officer Robert Dunlop Tymms (419357), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12459500 Births: Tymms (nee Fletcher), The Argus, (Saturday, 6 August 1938), p.8.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222538116 'All Round', "The Athlete", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 22 April 1905), p.14.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10488291 University of Melbourne: Medical Examinations: Class Lists and Scholarships, The Argus, (Friday, 30 December 1910), p.7.
10. [James Beaney]
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197952317 The Will of Dr. Beaney, The Leader, (Saturday, 11 July 1891), p.42.
12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197174069 The University of Melbourne: The Beaney Scholarships, The Age, (Thursday, 6 October 1892), p.7.
13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10487362 University of Melbourne: Degrees Conferred, The Argus, (Saturday, 24 December 1910), p.10
14. https://rest.neptune-prod.its.unimelb.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/7cdd3aeb-3fe8-5a37-b54b-d8b30a12fd20/content Degrees Conferred 1910-1: 2nd March 1911, University of Melbourne: Annual Report 1910-11, p.742.
15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199429768 Doctor of Medicine, The Age, (Monday, 7 April 1913), p.11.
16. News: Commencement Day . The Argus . 21,748 . Victoria, Australia . 10 April 1916 . 4.
17. Holmesby & Main (2002), p.657.
18. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22789896 Deaths: Tymms, The Argus, (Friday, 4 November 1949), p.13.