Athol Tymms | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms | ||
Date of birth | 21 February 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Essendon, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 2 November 1949 63) | (aged||
Place of death | Armadale, Victoria | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1905 | Essendon | 3 (1) | |
1908–1913 | University | 60 (29) | |
Total | 63 (30) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms (21 February 1886 – 2 November 1949) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.
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]
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.
Born in Essendon, he debuted with the Essendon Football Club in 1905, and played in three senior games.
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]
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]
He died at his home in Armadale on 2 November 1949 at the age of 63. [18]
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