Full name Joseph Eric Stephenson Name Eric Stephenson Playing position | Place of death Burma | |
Date of birth (1914-09-17)17 September 1914 Date of death 8 September 1944(1944-09-08) (aged 29) | ||
Place of birth Bexleyheath, England | ||
From the gutters episode 103 eric stephenson part i
Joseph Eric Stephenson (17 September 1914 – 8 September 1944) was an English footballer who played as an inside left at both professional and international levels.
Contents
- From the gutters episode 103 eric stephenson part i
- the barber of seville as jacked by greg pattillo and eric stephenson
- Career
- War service
- References
the barber of seville as jacked by greg pattillo and eric stephenson
Career
Born in Bexleyheath, Stephenson signed for Leeds United in 1933, turned professional in 1934, and made his first-team debut in 1935.
Stephenson also earned two international caps for England in 1938.
War service
After leaving Leeds in 1941 to become a Major in the Gurkha Rifles, Stephenson died in active service in Burma in September 1944. His younger brother Ernest had died in action August 1943, at the age of 27.
References
Eric Stephenson Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA