Stanley Francis Tormey (10 July 1916 – 8 August 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) (VFL) and both the Sandringham Football Club and the Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 889.
Family The son of Joseph Francis "Frank" Tormey (1891–1949),Deaths: Tormey, The Age, (Monday, 12 December 1949), p. 2. and Margaret Pearl Tormey (1889–1963), née Eddy,Marriages: Tormey—Eddy, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 October 1915), p. 13. Stanley Francis Tormey was born at Essendon, Victoria on 10 July 1916.Births: Tormey, The Argus, (Wednesday, 12 July 1916), p. 1.
He married Mabel Dorothy Sykes, later known as Hardman,Service Record. in 1943.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.12483/1943.
Football Cleared from Carlton C.Y.M.S. to Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in May 1935.More Amateur Permits Granted, The (Melbourne) Sun News-Pictorial, (Saturday, 11 May 1935), p. 26. He played with West St Kilda C.Y.M.S. (and was the club's best and fairest) in 1937 and with Myer's, in the VAFA in 1938.The Amateurs: Permits Granted: Myer's, The Age, (Thursday, 21 April 1938), p. 12.75 at St. Kilda, The Argus, (Wednesday, 22 March 1919), p. 26.
Sandringham (VFA) He made his debut for Sandringham in the VFA, against Brighton, on 20 April 1940.Brighton's Task, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 19 April 1940), p. 15.First Bout to Brighton, The Age, (Monday, 22 April 1940), p. 4.
St Kilda (VFL) Tormey played for St Kilda while serving in the Australian Army during World War II.Spotlight on Sportsmen, Guinea Gold, (Thursday, 10 June 1943), p. 3.Millard, P.J., "Army Suspends Two League Men", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 14 June 1943), p. 6.V.F.L. Endorses Army Ban On Players, The (Melbourne) Sun News-Pictorial, (Saturday, 26 June 1943), p. 15.
Prahran (VFA) Cleared from St Kilda on 8 May 1946, he made his debut for to Prahran, in the VFA, against Brighton on 11 May 1946.VFA Men Return After Suspension, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 May 1946), p. 14.Prahran's Team to be Reorganised: Selectors want more vigour, The Argus, (Wednesday, 8 May 1946), p.11.Changes in Teams: Prahran v. Brighton, (Friday, 10 May 1946), p. 26.
Military service He served with the Second AIF from August 1940 to February 1946.Nominal Roll.
Death He died at Parkville, Victoria on 8 August 1971.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.18653/1971.
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References
World War Two Nominal Roll: Driver Stanley Francis Tormey (V74660), Department of Veterans' Affairs. World War Two Service Record: Driver Stanley Francis Tormey (V74660), National Archives of Australia.
External links
S.F. "Stan" Tormey, at The VFA Project.