Ernie Stevenson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Stevenson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotherham, England | ||
| Date of death | 15 October 1970 (aged 46) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside-forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1948 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | (0) |
| 1948–1950 | Cardiff City | 50 | (15) |
| 1950–1951 | Southampton | 24 | (8) |
| 1951–1952 | Leeds United | 16 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Ernest Stevenson (28 December 1923 — 15 October 1970) was an English professional footballer.
Football career[]
After playing for one of the club's nursery sides, Stevenson began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers but did not play league football for them for several years due to World War II. He made his wartime debut for the club under Frank Buckley at the age of 17 but,[2] when league football resumed, Stevenson struggled to make an impact on the first team playing just 8 times before being allowed to join Cardiff City in October 1948.[3]
Put straight into the starting line-up, he finished his first season as the club's top scorer with 14 goals in all competitions and continued his scoring during the early stages of the following season but as the year progressed his goals dried up and he moved to Southampton, with Wilf Grant moving the other way.
He never managed to fully regain his form and after one year at Southampton, he joined Leeds United in 1951 in exchange for Frank Dudley moving the other way, reuniting Stevenson with his former Wolves manager Frank Buckley,[4] before dropping out of league football.[3]
According to "Rest In Pieces: South Liverpool FC 1894-1994", Stevenson signed for South Liverpool in September 1955 and played for the club in the Lancashire Combination.
References[]
- ^ "Ernie Stevenson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Ernie Stevenson". ozwhitelufc.net. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ a b Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 178. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
- ^ Shaw, Phil (29 September 2012). "Frank Dudley: Free-scoring footballer of the 1940s and '50s". The Independent. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
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