He married Joyce Eudora Davis (1916-2005) in 1941; they had three daughters, Pamela, Lorraine, and Beverley.
Along with two of his Patchewollock team-mates, H. "Bub" Jamieson, and Reg Bryans, Torney tried out with South Melbourne in the 1933 pre-season.
A ruckman, Torney kicked with his left foot and formed a lethal combination during his career with rover Dick Reynolds.
He had his finest season in 1940, winning the Essendon Best and Fairest award and finishing second in the Brownlow Medal count.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1909 is a stub.