James_Stevenson_(footballer,_born_1903)
James Stevenson (footballer, born 1903)
Scottish footballer
James Tervit Stevenson (10 November 1903 – 1973) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Tervit Stevenson | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1903[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Newmains, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1973 (aged 69–70)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Newmains | |||
| Overtown Rangers | |||
| 1924–1926 | Third Lanark | 38 | (7) |
| 1926–1929 | South Shields | 54 | (24) |
| 1929–1931 | Bradford City | 10 | (1) |
| Aldershot | |||
| 1932–1935 | Stockport County | 96 | (38) |
| Walsall | |||
| 1936 | Stockport County | 1 | (0) |
| 1936–1937 | Macclesfield Town | 9 | (2) |
| Total | 209+ | (72+) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1936–1937 | Macclesfield Town (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Newmains,[2] Stevenson spent his early career with Newmains, Overtown Rangers, Third Lanark[1] and South Shields.[3] He combined his early playing career with work as an engineer.[4] He scored 24 goals in 54 league games for South Shields after signing for them in 1926.[4]
He signed for Bradford City in July 1929,[2] scoring 1 goal in 10 league appearances for the club,[5] before moving to Aldershot in July 1931.[2] He later played for Stockport County, Walsall and Macclesfield Town.[3]
He had three spells at Stockport,[6][7] also served as reserve team trainer after leaving Macclesfield,[4] and in 2002 he was inducted into the Stockport County Hall of Fame.[8]
He also served as player-manager of Macclesfield in the 1936–37 season, scoring twice in 9 league games for them.[4][9] After leaving Macclesfield he returned to Stockport, serving a reserve team trainer.[4]
- Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Frost, p. 407
- James Stevenson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- "Player profiles - S". Silkmen Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- Frost, p. 388
- "Hall of Fame". Stockport County F.C. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- "Macclesfield Town Football Club managers" (PDF). Silkmen Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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