Athol Tymms


Athol Stanley Mortimer Tymms was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

Football career

Tymms attended Melbourne Grammar and debuted with the Essendon Football Club in 1905. Born in Essendon, he played three games for the club.
After two seasons out of the VFL, he returned to the league with University for the 1908 season, going on to play 60 games with the club until 1913.

Post-playing career

After the 1913 season Tymms retired to focus on his career as a medical practitioner, studying to become a surgeon. He died at his home in Armadale in 1949 at the age of 63.