Clarrie Stevenson

{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Clarrie Stevenson

|image =

|caption = Clarrie Stevenson,1933

|fullname = Clarence Victor Stevenson

|birth_date = {{birth date|1910|12|04|df=y}}

|birth_place = Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|1984|05|28|1910|12|04|df=y}}

|death_place = Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

|retired = yes

|position = {{rlp|HK|SR}}

|club1 = Newtown

|year1start = 1932

|year1end = 35

|appearances1 = 34

|tries1 = 2

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 6

|teamA = NSW City

|yearAstart = 1933

|yearAend = 34

|appearancesA = 2

|triesA = 0

|goalsA = 0

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 0

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/clarrie-stevenson/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2018|accessdate=1 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.afltables.com/rl/scorers/players/C/Clarrie_Stevenson.html|title=Statistics at afltables.com|publisher=afltables.com|date=31 December 2018|accessdate=1 January 2019}}

}}

Clarence Stevenson (1910–1984) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. A forward for the Newtown club, he helped them win the 1933 NSWRFL Premiership.

Background

Stevenson was born in Sydney on 4 December 1910.

Playing career

A local junior, he played for Newtown in the 1930s. Stevenson played for City in the hooking role in 1933.{{cite web|last1=Whiticker|first1=Alan|title=Clarrie Stevenson|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/clarrie-stevenson/summary.html|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates|accessdate=23 February 2018}} He won a premiership with Newtown later that year when he played {{rlp|hk}} in the 1933 Grand Final.

Stevenson played in the grand final as a replacement for Arthur Folwell, who had since departed on the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour. Stevenson retired after the conclusion of the 1935 NSWRFL season.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ({{ISBN|1875169571}}) Clarrie Stevenson died in Sydney on 28 May 1984 aged 73.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 30/5/1984

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