 In later life, he took up golf, winning several tournaments at clubs in Western Australia, and went on to serve as president of the Subiaco Football Club.Born to Oswald Oliver Lovelock and his wife, Rose Janey (née Ifould), in Highgate on 28 August 1911, Lovelock played both cricket and football from an early age, representing Western Australia at a national schoolboys' carnival in 1926.He debuted for West Perth in the WANFL in 1932, and played in the club's 1932 premiership win.