Athol Tymms

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Athol Tymms
Athol Tymms 1910.jpg
Tymms in 1910
Personal information
Full name Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms
Date of birth(1886-02-21)21 February 1886
Place of birth Essendon, Victoria
Date of death 2 November 1949(1949-11-02) (aged 63)
Place of death Armadale, Victoria
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1905 Essendon 03 0(1)
1908–1913 University 60 (29)
Total63 (30)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
University VFL Team: 23 May 1908:
A. Tymms,
fourth player from left, back row. THE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM from The Leader Melbourne 30 May 1908 pg 27.png
University VFL Team: 23 May 1908:
A. Tymms,
fourth player from left, back row.

Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms (21 February 1886 – 2 November 1949) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Family

The third son, and the eighth of the eleven children of English-born jeweller, Robert Joseph Tymms (1847–1930), [1] and Canadian-born Anna Augusta Tymms (1849-1938), née Magee, [2] [3] Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms was born at Essendon, Victoria on 21 February 1886.

Marriages

He married his first wife, Ethel Mary Ragg (1878-1936), [4] at Sydney, on 17 December 1915; [5] they had one child: Robert Dunlop Tymms (b. 30 May 1922). [6]

He married his second wife, Alison Atkins Fletcher (1904-1998), at Deniliquin, New South Wales in 1937; they had two children: the twins, Athol Mortimer Tymms, and John Mortimer Tymms, both born on 1 August 1938. [7]

Education

Having been educated at Melbourne Grammar School from 1901 to 1904 where he excelled as both an athlete and a footballer [8] Tymms went on to study medicine at the University of Melbourne.

Football

Essendon (VFL)

Born in Essendon, he debuted with the Essendon Football Club in 1905, and played in three senior games.

University (VFL)

After two seasons absence, he returned to the VFL with the University in 1908, the club's first season in the VFL competition, going on to play 60 games with University over six seasons (1908-1913). [17]

Medical career

After the 1913 season Tymms retired to focus on his career as a medical practitioner, and concentrate on his studies to become a specialist surgeon. [17]

Death

He died at his home in Armadale on 2 November 1949 at the age of 63. [18]

Notes

  1. Deaths: Tymms, The Age, (Saturday, 16 August 1930), p.7.
  2. Marriages: Tymms—Magee, The Argus, (Saturday, 23 April 1870), p.4.
  3. Deaths: Tymms, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 July August 1938), p.8.
  4. Deaths: Tymms, The Argus, (Wednesday, 5 August 1936), p.1.
  5. Marriages: Tymms—Ragg, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 April 1916), p.11.
  6. World War Two Nominal Roll: Flying Officer Robert Dunlop Tymms (419357), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  7. Births: Tymms (nee Fletcher), The Argus, (Saturday, 6 August 1938), p.8.
  8. 'All Round', "The Athlete", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 22 April 1905), p.14.
  9. University of Melbourne: Medical Examinations: Class Lists and Scholarships, The Argus, (Friday, 30 December 1910), p.7.
  10. James Beaney; see: Death of Dr. Beaney, The Leader, (Saturday, 4 July 1891), p.36.
  11. The Will of Dr. Beaney, The Leader, (Saturday, 11 July 1891), p.42.
  12. The University of Melbourne: The Beaney Scholarships, The Age, (Thursday, 6 October 1892), p.7.
  13. University of Melbourne: Degrees Conferred, The Argus, (Saturday, 24 December 1910), p.10; Conferring of Degrees, The Argus, (Tuesday, 27 December 1910), p.9.
  14. Degrees Conferred 1910-1: 2nd March 1911, University of Melbourne: Annual Report 1910-11, p.742.
  15. Doctor of Medicine, The Age, (Monday, 7 April 1913), p.11.
  16. "Commencement Day". The Argus. No. 21, 748. Victoria, Australia. 10 April 1916. p. 4.
  17. 1 2 Holmesby & Main (2002), p.657.
  18. Deaths: Tymms, The Argus, (Friday, 4 November 1949), p.13.

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