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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>


==Family==
==Personal life==
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'';] [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'';] [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''.]</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Kh1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K-MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6623%2C1227153 Deaths: Stone, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 7 December 1967), p.15.]</ref> and Gertrude Amy Stone (1898-1951),<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23060989 Deaths: Stone, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 16 July 1951), p.15.]</ref> née Berryman, Robert Lewis Stone was born at [[Somerville, Victoria]] on 26 May 1925.
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>
He married Jean Alison Bourne in 1949.


==Australian rules football==
==Football==
Cleared to Melbourne from Somerville,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11974671 Training Lists, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 4 May 1942), p.6.]</ref> Stone's football career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Navy in World War II,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12685233 Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.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>
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''.]
* [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 1949), 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 ==
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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

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]

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.
    - "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.

References

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