John Stephenson (footballer, born 1937)

John Stephenson
John Stephenson
Personal information
Full name	John Francis Stephenson
Date of birth	14 May 1937
Date of death	14 October 2014 (aged 77)
Place of death	Chelsea, Victoria
Original team(s)	Benalla
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85.5 kg (188 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1958	Carlton
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Stephenson (14 May 1937 – 14 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

The son of Jack Stephenson, who also played for Carlton, he was recruited from Benalla, but played only a single league game (in 1958).^[2]

In 1989 he was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 811 from Los Angeles to Sydney via Honolulu and Auckland the Boeing 747 Jumbo cargo door failed mid flight and blown 9 people out, Stephenson was seated 11 rows behind where the fuselage was breached.^[3] In October 2014, Stephenson was killed when the Van's RV-6 light aircraft he was piloting crashed into a house in the Melbourne suburb of Chelsea.^[4]

References

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 795. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
^ De Bolfo, Tony (24 October 2014). "John's romantic return carries even greater poignancy".
^ Young, Matt (16 October 2014). "Light plane victim John Stephenson survived one of modern aviation's most terrifying disasters". NewsComAu. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ Devic, Aleks (15 October 2014). "Homemade aircraft in fiery suburban crash tops accident figures". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

External links

John Stephenson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
John Stephenson's profile at Blueseum

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 795. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

[2] De Bolfo, Tony (24 October 2014). "John's romantic return carries even greater poignancy".

[3] Young, Matt (16 October 2014). "Light plane victim John Stephenson survived one of modern aviation's most terrifying disasters". NewsComAu. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[4] Devic, Aleks (15 October 2014). "Homemade aircraft in fiery suburban crash tops accident figures". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

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