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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1925–2015)}}
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'''Robert Lewis Stone''' (born 26 May 1925) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=801}}</ref>
'''Robert Lewis Stone''' (26 May 1925 – 24 June 2015) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=801}}</ref>


==Personal life==
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Stone's football career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Navy in World War II, enlisting as he turned 18 and serving on several ships until the end of the war.<ref>{{cite book | author=Cullen, Barbara | title=Harder than football : league players at war | page= 463 |publication-date=2015 | location=Richmond, Victoria | publisher=Slattery Media Group | isbn=978-0-992379-14-8}}</ref>
The son of Ronald William Stone (1897–1967),<ref>[https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068937/large/5363499.JPG First World War Nominal Roll: Private Ronald William Stone (6141), ''Australian War Memorial'']<br>- [https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067379/large/5369058.JPG First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Ronald William Stone (6141), ''Australian War Memorial'']<br>- [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=8094144&D=D World War One Service Record: Private Ronald William Stone (6141), ''National Archives of Australia''.]<br>- {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Kh1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K-MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6623%2C1227153|title=Deaths: Stone|work=The Age|date=7 December 1967|page=15}}</ref> and Gertrude Amy Stone (1898–1951),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23060989|title=Deaths: Stone|work=The Argus|date=16 July 1951|page=15}}</ref> ''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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/thestar/docs/july_14_2015/32 |newspaper=The Great Southern Star |title=OBITUARY: Hard Times Inspired Achievement |page=32 |date=14 July 2015}}</ref>

==Australian rules football==
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Cleared to Melbourne from Somerville,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11974671|title=Training Lists|work=The Argus|date=4 May 1942|page=6}}</ref> Stone's football career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Navy in the Second World War,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12685233|author=Taylor, Percy|title=Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record|work=The Australasian|date=24 June 1944|page=23}}</ref> enlisting as he turned 18 and serving on several ships until the end of the war.<ref>{{cite book | author=Cullen, Barbara | title=Harder than football : league players at war | page= 463 |publication-date=2015 | location=Richmond, Victoria | publisher=Slattery Media Group | isbn=978-0-992379-14-8}}</ref>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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==References==
==References==
* [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=4510690&D=D World War Two Service Record: Robert Lewis Stone (PM6415), ''National Archives of Australia''.]
* [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=4510690&D=D World War Two Service Record: Robert Lewis Stone (PM6415)], National Archives of Australia
* [http://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1171586&c=WW2#R World War Two Nominal Roll: Able Seaman: Robert Lewis Stone (PM6415)], Department of Veterans' Affairs
* [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19600530 League Teams for Tomorrow's Games, ''The Age'', (Friday, 22 April 19490, p.12.]
* {{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19600530|title=League Teams for Tomorrow's Games|work=The Age|date=22 April 1949|page=12}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bob_Stone.html}}
* {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bob_Stone.html}}
* {{AustralianFootball|ref=Bob%2BStone/6856}}
* [http://demonwiki.org/Bob+Stone ''Demonwiki'': Bob Stone.]
* [http://demonwiki.org/Bob+Stone ''Demonwiki'': Bob Stone.]


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Latest revision as of 07:03, 7 May 2023

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
Date of death 24 June 2015(2015-06-24) (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]

Personal life

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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

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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]

Notes

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  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.
    - "Deaths: Stone". The Age. 7 December 1967. p. 15.
  3. ^ "Deaths: Stone". The Argus. 16 July 1951. p. 15.
  4. ^ "OBITUARY: Hard Times Inspired Achievement". The Great Southern Star. 14 July 2015. p. 32.
  5. ^ "Training Lists". The Argus. 4 May 1942. p. 6.
  6. ^ Taylor, Percy (24 June 1944). "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record". The Australasian. 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.

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