Bob Stone

For the golfer, see Bob Stone (golfer).

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]

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

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]