Stan Tormey Explained

Stan Tormey
Fullname:Stanley Francis Tormey
Birth Date:10 July 1916
Birth Place:Essendon, Victoria
Death Place:Parkville, Victoria
Height:179 cm
Weight:76 kg
Statsend:1943
Years1:1941–43
Games Goals1:31 (2)

Stanley Francis Tormey (10 July 1916 – 8 August 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) (VFL) and both the Sandringham Football Club and the Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[1]

Family

The son of Joseph Francis "Frank" Tormey (1891–1949),[2] and Margaret Pearl Tormey (1889–1963), née Eddy,[3] Stanley Francis Tormey was born at Essendon, Victoria on 10 July 1916.[4]

He married Mabel Dorothy Sykes, later known as Hardman,[5] in 1943.[6]

Football

Cleared from Carlton C.Y.M.S. to Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in May 1935.[7] He played with West St Kilda C.Y.M.S. (and was the club's best and fairest) in 1937 and with Myer's, in the VAFA in 1938.[8] [9]

Sandringham (VFA)

He made his debut for Sandringham in the VFA, against Brighton, on 20 April 1940.[10] [11]

St Kilda (VFL)

Tormey played for St Kilda while serving in the Australian Army during World War II.[12] [13] [14]

Prahran (VFA)

Cleared from St Kilda on 8 May 1946, he made his debut for to Prahran, in the VFA, against Brighton on 11 May 1946.[15] [16] [17]

Military service

He served with the Second AIF from August 1940 to February 1946.[18]

Death

He died at Parkville, Victoria on 8 August 1971.[19]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 889.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189478056 Deaths: Tormey, The Age, (Monday, 12 December 1949), p. 2.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1571631 Marriages: Tormey—Eddy, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 October 1915), p. 13.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1614641 Births: Tormey, The Argus, (Wednesday, 12 July 1916), p. 1.
  5. Service Record.
  6. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.12483/1943.
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article276779766 More Amateur Permits Granted, The (Melbourne) Sun News-Pictorial, (Saturday, 11 May 1935), p. 26.
  8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205914403 The Amateurs: Permits Granted: Myer's, The Age, (Thursday, 21 April 1938), p. 12.
  9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12110177 75 at St. Kilda, The Argus, (Wednesday, 22 March 1919), p. 26.
  10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245079655 Brighton's Task, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 19 April 1940), p. 15.
  11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204427880 First Bout to Brighton, The Age, (Monday, 22 April 1940), p. 4.
  12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250624625 Spotlight on Sportsmen, Guinea Gold, (Thursday, 10 June 1943), p. 3.
  13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246286498 Millard, P.J., "Army Suspends Two League Men", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 14 June 1943), p. 6.
  14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article278565089 V.F.L. Endorses Army Ban On Players, The (Melbourne) Sun News-Pictorial, (Saturday, 26 June 1943), p. 15.
  15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22251224 VFA Men Return After Suspension, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 May 1946), p. 14.
  16. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22257388 Prahran's Team to be Reorganised: Selectors want more vigour, The Argus, (Wednesday, 8 May 1946), p.11.
  17. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article278989537 Changes in Teams: Prahran v. Brighton, (Friday, 10 May 1946), p. 26.
  18. Nominal Roll.
  19. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.18653/1971.

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