Bill Stephenson

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Bill Stephenson
Personal information
Full name Bill Stephenson
Date of birth (1937-02-14)14 February 1937
Date of death 10 August 2010(2010-08-10) (aged 73)
Original team(s) Sale (LVFL)
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Forward / Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1957–63 St Kilda 88 (139)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bill Stephenson (14 February 1937 – 10 August 2010) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Stephenson, recruited to St Kilda from Sale, was a Victorian representative in 1960, against both South Australia and Western Australia.[2] A ruckman and centre half-forward in his early years at St Kilda, Stephenson was used later on as a full-forward, in which position he started the 1962 VFL season strongly.[2] Five first half goals against Essendon in round four had brought Stephenson's season tally to 20, before he sustained a knee injury later in the game which curtailed his career.[2]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 846. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ a b c Holmesby, Russell (12 August 2010). "Vale Bill Stephenson – 1937-2010". saints.com.au. Retrieved 9 May 2015.