Westmore Stephens | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Westmore Frank Stephens [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 January 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Windsor, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 15 May 1947 | (aged 55)||
Place of death | Hawthorn, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Geelong District | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1912–1914 | University | 10 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Westmore Frank Stephens (28 January 1892 – 15 May 1947) [2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Westmore William Stephens and Ada Elizabeth Stephens, née Langlands, he was born in Windsor, Victoria on 28 January 1892. [3] He married Lucy May Dawson on 17 September 1918; [4] they had two children, Westmore Roy Stephens (1921-1983), [5] and Joan Margaret Elizabeth Purton, née Stephens. Westmore Frank Stephens died on 15 May 1947. [6]
He attended Scotch College, Melbourne, where he played for the school's First XVIII. He was Scotch's School Captain in 1911.
A resident of Ormond College, he enrolled in medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1912.
He graduated Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B., B.S.) in 1918. [7] [8]
He played Inter-Varsity football for the University of Melbourne; [9] and was awarded both a full blue in football and a full blue in cricket.
He played his first game for University in the VFL competition, against South Melbourne, on 1 June 1912 (all the press reports have him as "Stevens"). [10] All in all, he played a total of 10 games for University over three seasons (1912-1914); his last match was against Geelong on 16 May 1914. [11] The University team withdrew from the VFL competition prior to the 1915 season. [12]
He enlisted in the First AIF as a medical officer, serving with the Australian Army Medical Corps.