John Stevenson (footballer, born 1898)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Alexander Stevenson | ||
Date of birth | 27 February 1898 | ||
Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
Date of death | 12 March 1979[1] | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Carlisle, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Kilbirnie Hibs | ||
– | Beith | ||
1920–1921 | Ayr United | 15 | (4) |
1921–1923 | Aberdeen | 2 | (0) |
1922 | → Third Lanark (loan) | 2 | (0) |
1923 | → Beith (loan) | ||
1923–1925 | Bury | 9 | (1) |
1925–1927 | Nelson | 73 | (26) |
1927–1930 | St Johnstone | 91 | (24) |
1930–1932 | Falkirk | 59 | (17) |
1932–1933 | Chester | 11 | (2) |
1933 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | (1) |
1933–1935 | Carlisle United | 65 | (11) |
Total | 265 | (77) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Alexander Stevenson (27 February 1898 – 12 March 1979) was a footballer who played mainly as an inside right.[1]
Born in Wigan, Lancashire to an Irish-born father and Scottish mother, the family moved back to his mother's hometown of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire when he was a small child. His playing career reflected his origins with spells at several clubs over 15 years, mainly in Scotland and north-west England, including Ayr United, Aberdeen,[3] Bury,[4] Nelson,[5] St Johnstone, Falkirk, Chester, Bristol Rovers and Carlisle United.[1]
His younger brother George Stevenson was also a footballer had a successful career as player and manager with Motherwell and was also selected for Scotland,[1] with no complications over sporting nationality having been born in 1905 after the family moved north of the border.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Season preview 1927/28: St. Johnstone F.C., The Athletic News, 1 August 1927, via Play Up Liverpool
- ^ John Stevenson, AFC Heritage Trust
- ^ On This Day...27th September, Bury FC, 27 September 2018
- ^ Dykes, Garth (2009). Nelson FC in the Football League: A Complete Record 1921–31. SoccerData
- ^ Census returns - Census - Search results[permanent dead link], ScotlandsPeople
- 1898 births
- 1979 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from Wigan
- Footballers from North Ayrshire
- People from Kilbirnie
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Beith F.C. players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Nelson F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Anglo-Scots
- English people of Irish descent
- Scottish people of Irish descent
- Scottish football forward, 1890s birth stubs
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs