Robert Lewis Stone (26 May 1925 – 24 June 2015) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Melbourne
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in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Personal life
The son of Ronald William Stone (1897–1967), and Gertrude Amy Stone (1898–1951), ''née'' Berryman, Robert Lewis Stone was born at
Somerville, Victoria
Somerville is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula Local Govern ...
, 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.
Australian rules football
Cleared to Melbourne from Somerville, Stone's football career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Navy in the Second World War, enlisting as he turned 18 and serving on several ships until the end of the war.
Notes
References
World War Two Service Record: Robert Lewis Stone (PM6415) National Archives of Australia
World War Two Nominal Roll: Able Seaman: Robert Lewis Stone (PM6415) Department of Veterans' Affairs
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External links
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''Demonwiki'': Bob Stone.
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1925 births
2015 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Melbourne Football Club players
Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II
Royal Australian Navy sailors
20th-century Australian sportsmen