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

Athol Tymms
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	21 November 1949(1949-11-21) (aged 63)
Place of death	Armadale, Victoria
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1905	Essendon	03 0(1)
1908–1913	University	60 (29)
Total		63 (30)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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.

• In 1910, he shared the prestigious Beaney Scholarship for Surgery with his fellow Old Melburnian, University Football Club team-mate, and fellow medical student, Edward Cordner.[9][10][11][12]
• He was scheduled to graduate Bachelor of Medicine (MB) on 23 December 1910; however, he did not attend the graduation ceremony.[13]
• He graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) on 2 March 1911.[14]
• He graduated Doctor of Medicine (MD) on 5 April 1913.[15]
• He graduated Master of Surgery (MS) on 8 April 1916.[16]

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

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. ISBN 1-74095-001-1
• Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8

External links

• Athol Tymms's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Athol Tymms at AustralianFootball.com
• Essendon Football Club profile

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