Stan Tormey


Stanley Francis Tormey was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and both the Sandringham Football Club and the Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Family

The son of Joseph Francis "Frank" Tormey, and Margaret Pearl Tormey, née Eddy, Stanley Francis Tormey was born at Essendon, Victoria on 10 July 1916.
He married Mabel Dorothy Sykes, later known as Hardman, in 1943.

Football

Cleared from Carlton C.Y.M.S. to Melbourne High School [Old Boys Association|Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club] in the Victorian [Amateur Football Association|Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA)] in May 1935. He played with West St Kilda C.Y.M.S. in 1937 and with Myer's, in the VAFA in 1938.

Sandringham (VFA)

He made his debut for Sandringham in the VFA, against Brighton, on 20 April 1940.

St Kilda (VFL)

Tormey played for St Kilda while serving in the Australian Army during World War II.

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.

Military service

He served with the Second AIF from August 1940 to February 1946.

Death

He died at Parkville, Victoria on 8 August 1971.