John Stephenson (footballer, born 1937)

John Stephenson (14 May 1937 – 14 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

John Stephenson
Personal information
Full name John Francis Stephenson
Date of birth (1937-05-14)14 May 1937
Date of death 14 October 2014(2014-10-14) (aged 77)
Place of death Chelsea, Victoria
Original team(s) Benalla
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85.5 kg (188 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958 Carlton 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

The son of Jack Stephenson, who also played for Carlton, he was recruited from Benalla, but played only a single league game (in 1958).[2]

In 1989 he was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 811 from Los angles to Sydney vis Honluru and Auckland the Boeing 747 Jumbo cargo door fialed mid flight and blown 9 people out, Stephenson was seated 11 rows behind where the fuselage was breached.[3] In October 2014, Stephenson was killed when the Van's RV-6 light aircraft he was piloting crashed into a house in the Melbourne suburb of Chelsea.[4]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 795. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. De Bolfo, Tony (24 October 2014). "John's romantic return carries even greater poignancy".
  3. Thackray, Lucy; Smith, Leesa (15 October 2014). "REVEALED: Pilot killed when his light aircraft hit a house survived being sucked out of a passenger jet when cargo door was ripped off mid-air 25 years ago".
  4. Devic, Aleks (15 October 2014). "Homemade aircraft in fiery suburban crash tops accident figures". Herald Sun.
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