Bob Stone

Robert Lewis Stone (born 26 May 1925) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

For the golfer, see Bob Stone (golfer).

Bob Stone
Personal information
Full name Robert Lewis Stone
Date of birth (1925-05-26)26 May 1925
Place of birth Somerville, Victoria
Original team(s) Hastings
Height 8,00
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942–43, 1949 Melbourne 8 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Ronald William Stone (1897-1967),[2][3] and Gertrude Amy Stone (1898-1951),[4] née Berryman, Robert Lewis Stone was born at Somerville, Victoria on 26 May 1925.

He married Jean Alison Bourne in 1949.

Football

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

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 801. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. First World War Nominal Roll: Private Ronald William Stone (6141), Australian War Memorial; First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Ronald William Stone (6141), Australian War Memorial; World War One Service Record: Private Ronald William Stone (6141), National Archives of Australia.
  3. Deaths: Stone, The Age, (Thursday, 7 December 1967), p.15.
  4. Deaths: Stone, The Argus, (Monday, 16 July 1951), p.15.
  5. Training Lists, The Argus, (Monday, 4 May 1942), p.6.
  6. Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.
  7. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 463. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.

References
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