Bob Stone | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Robert Lewis Stone | ||
Date of birth | 26 May 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Somerville, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 24 June 2015 | (aged 90)||
Place of death | Inverloch, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Hastings | ||
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 |
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]
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]
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]
Bob Stone | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Robert Lewis Stone | ||
Date of birth | 26 May 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Somerville, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 24 June 2015 | (aged 90)||
Place of death | Inverloch, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Hastings | ||
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 |
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]
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]
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]