Bob Stone

Australian rules footballer (1925–2015) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Fullname Robert Lewis Stone
Born (1925-05-26)26 May 1925
Somerville, Victoria
Died 24 June 2015(2015-06-24) (aged 90)
Inverloch, Victoria
Original team Hastings
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Bob Stone
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Full name Robert Lewis Stone
Born (1925-05-26)26 May 1925
Somerville, Victoria
Died 24 June 2015(2015-06-24) (aged 90)
Inverloch, Victoria
Original team 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
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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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