Eric Stephenson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Eric Stephenson | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Bexleyheath, England | ||
Date of death | 8 September 1944 | (aged 29)||
Place of death | British Burma | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Youth career | |||
1933–1935 | Leeds United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1935–1941 | Leeds United | 111 | (21) |
1939–1941 | → Leeds United (war) | 32 | (7) |
Total | 143 | (28) | |
National team | |||
1938 | England | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Joseph Eric Stephenson (17 September 1914 – 8 September 1944)[1] was an English footballer who played as an inside left at both professional and international levels.
Career[]
Born in Bexleyheath, Stephenson signed for Leeds United in 1933, turned professional in 1934, and made his first-team debut in 1935.[2]
Stephenson also earned two international caps for England in 1938.[3]
War service[]
After leaving Leeds in 1941 to become a Major in the Gurkha Rifles, Stephenson died in active service in British Burma in September 1944.[2][4] His younger brother Ernest had died in action August 1943, at the age of 27.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "England players: Eric Stephenson". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Player profile". Oz White LUFC. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Player profile". EnglandStats.com. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Major Stephenson, Joseph Eric". CWGC. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Soldiers of St John's". St John's Church, Roundhay. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Private Stephenson, Ernest Frank". CWGC. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1944 deaths
- English footballers
- England international footballers
- Leeds United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Indian Army personnel of World War II
- Indian Army personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Gurkha Rifles officers
- Footballers from Bexleyheath
- Association football inside forwards