Ernie Stevenson
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ernie Stevenson
| image =
| fullname = Ernest Stevenson{{Hugman|18824|accessdate=24 November 2019}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/S/StevensonE.php |title=Ernie Stevenson |website=ozwhitelufc.net |accessdate=24 November 2019}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1923|12|28}}
| birth_place = Rotherham, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|10|15|1923|12|28|df=y}}
| position = Inside-forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1946–1948 | clubs1 = Wolverhampton Wanderers | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1948–1950 | clubs2 = Cardiff City | caps2 = 50 | goals2 = 15
| years3 = 1950–1951 | clubs3 = Southampton | caps3 = 24 | goals3 = 8
| years4 = 1951–1952 | clubs4 = Leeds United | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 5
| years5 = 1952–1954 | clubs5 = Wisbech Town | caps5 = ? | goals5 = ?
| years6 = 1954 | clubs6 = Bath City | caps6 = ? | goals6 = ?
| years7 = 1954–-1955 | clubs7 = Rhyl | caps7 = ? | goals7 = ?
| years8 = 1955–-1957 | clubs8 = South Liverpool | caps8 = ? | goals8 = ?
| years9 = 1957 | clubs9 = Cresswell Colliery | caps9 = ? | goals9 = ?
}}
Ernest Stevenson (28 December 1923 — 15 October 1970){{cite book |last1=Chalk |first1=Gary |last2=Holley |first2=Duncan |last3=Bull |first3 =David |name-list-style=amp |title=All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC| year=2013| location=Southampton |publisher=Hagiology Publishing|isbn=978-0-9926-8640-6|page=473}} 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, 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.{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=178 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}} Put straight into the first team, 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,{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/frank-dudley-free-scoring-footballer-of-the-1940s-and-50s-8190324.html |title=Frank Dudley: Free-scoring footballer of the 1940s and '50s |newspaper=The Independent |last=Shaw |first=Phil |date=29 September 2012 |accessdate=24 November 2019}} before dropping out of league football.
He played afterwards for Wisbech Town[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001916/19521122/015/0003 Star Green 'un - Saturday 22 November 1952] In April 1954 he played for Bath City.[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000653/19540410/105/0005 Sports Argus - Saturday 10 April 1954] In September 1954 he was with Rhyl.[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003119/19540909/056/0003 North Wales Weekly News - Thursday 09 September 1954] In September 1955 Stevenson signed for South Liverpool and played for the club in the Lancashire Combination.[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19550913/184/0008 Western Mail - Tuesday 13 September 1955] In March 1957 he signed for Central Alliance club Cresswell Colliery.[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19570305/226/0023 Daily Mirror - Tuesday 05 March 1957]
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Category:Footballers from Rotherham
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:Leeds United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players