This article is about the footballer. For the comics publisher, see Eric Stephenson (comics).
Eric Stephenson | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Bexleyheath, England | 17 September 1914
Died |
8 September 1944 British Burma | (aged 29)
Joseph Eric Stephenson (17 September 1914 – 8 September 1944)[1] was an English who played as an inside left at both professional and international levels.
Career[]
Born in Bexleyheath, Stephenson signed for Leeds United in 1933, turned professional in 1934, and made his first-team debut in 1935.[2]
Stephenson also earned two international caps for England in 1938.[3]
War service[]
After leaving Leeds in 1941 to become a Major in the Gurkha Rifles, Stephenson died in active service in British Burma in September 1944 and is buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar.[2][4] His younger brother Ernest had died in action August 1943, at the age of 27.[5][6]
References[]
- ↑ "England players: Eric Stephenson". http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioStephensonJE.html. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Player profile". Oz White LUFC. http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/S/StephensonJE.php. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ↑ "Player profile". EnglandStats.com. http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=920. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ↑ "Major Stephenson, Joseph Eric". CWGC. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2087926/stephenson,-joseph-eric/. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ↑ "Soldiers of St John's". St John's Church, Roundhay. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110007/http://www.stjohnsroundhay.co.uk/soldierlist.html. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ↑ "Private Stephenson, Ernest Frank". CWGC. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2438915/stephenson,-ernest-frank/. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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