Bob Stone Explained

Bob Stone
Fullname:Robert Lewis Stone
Birth Date:26 May 1925
Birth Place:Somerville, Victoria
Death Place:Inverloch, Victoria
Originalteam:Hastings
Statsend:1949
Years1:1942–43, 1949
Games Goals1:8 (0)

Robert Lewis Stone (26 May 1925 – 24 June 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Personal life

The son of Ronald William Stone (1897–1967),[2] and Gertrude Amy Stone (1898–1951),[3] née Berryman, Robert Lewis Stone was born at Somerville, Victoria, on 26 May 1925.

Stone married Jean Alison Bourne in 1949. He died from a stroke on 24 June 2015, at the age of 90.[4]

Australian rules football

Cleared to Melbourne from Somerville,[5] Stone's football career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Navy in the Second World War,[6] enlisting as he turned 18 and serving on several ships until the end of the war.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 801.
  2. https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068937/large/5363499.JPG First World War Nominal Roll: Private Ronald William Stone (6141), Australian War Memorial
  3. News: Deaths: Stone. The Argus. 16 July 1951. 15.
  4. News: OBITUARY: Hard Times Inspired Achievement . The Great Southern Star . 32 . 14 July 2015.
  5. News: Training Lists. The Argus. 4 May 1942. 6.
  6. News: Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record. Taylor, Percy. The Australasian. 24 June 1944. 23.
  7. Book: Cullen, Barbara . Harder than football : league players at war . 463 . 2015 . Richmond, Victoria . Slattery Media Group . 978-0-992379-14-8.