Ernie Stevenson

Ernest Stevenson (28 December 1923 — 15 October 1970) was an English professional footballer.

Football career After playing for one of the club's nursery sides, Stevenson began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers but did not play league football for them for several years due to World War II. He made his wartime debut for the club under Frank Buckley at the age of 17 but, Put straight into the first team, he finished his first season as the club's top scorer with 14 goals in all competitions and continued his scoring during the early stages of the following season but as the year progressed his goals dried up and he moved to Southampton, with Wilf Grant moving the other way.

He never managed to fully regain his form and after one year at Southampton, he joined Leeds United in 1951 in exchange for Frank Dudley moving the other way, reuniting Stevenson with his former Wolves manager Frank Buckley, before dropping out of league football. In April 1954 he played for Bath City. In September 1954 he was with Rhyl. In September 1955 Stevenson signed for South Liverpool and played for the club in the Lancashire Combination. In March 1957 he signed for Central Alliance club Cresswell Colliery.