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George
Stephenson |
Derby County FC,
Sheffiled Wednesday FC
3 appearances, 2 debut goals
P 3 W 2 D
0 L 1 F 10: A 7
67% successful
1928-31
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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George Ternent Stephenson |
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Birth |
3 September 1900
at 40 Middle Row, New Delaval, near Blyth, Northumberland
[registered in
Tynemouth, December 1900].
The Blyth & Tyne NER
railway line separated Newsham, where his brother was born, from
New Delaval. (see below) |
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According to the 1901
census, George Ternent is the youngest of six children to James and Ann
(née Ternant), living at 40 Middle Row in Horton. His father is a blacksmith and
horse shoer. |
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According to the 1911 census,
ten year old George is here the fourth of six children, ten in total
(including Clement), two have since died. His father is still a blacksmith
and horse shoer and the eight of them still live at 40 Middle Row. |
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According to the 1921 census,
George is now a professional footballer (for Aston Villa FC) and is now
the oldest of the three children still living at home with their parents
still at 40 Middle Row. |
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Marriage |
to Phyllis Edna Dams
[registered in Sheffield, March 1933] |
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According to Passenger Lists, George Stephenson was one of
seventeen
footballers who, courtesy of Canadian Pacific Railway Company, had left
the port of Southampton on 22 May 1937, bound for Quebec, Canada, on the
Empress of Australia.
According to the 1939
register, George T. is an assistant football manager living at the home of
footballer, George Robinson and his wife, Emily, at 3 Weyman Road in
Greenwich. Phyllis is at home with her parents at 109 Balfour Road in
Derby. |
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"Geoffrey Wood Ives (33),
electrical engineer, Dudly Avenue, Halifax, was remanded in custody until
tomorrow when charged at Halifax today with obtaining by false pretences
cigarettes worth £8 10s. 10½d. from Mr. George Stephenson, licensee of the
Sportsman Inn, Halifax."
- The Yorkshire Evening Post, Tuesday, 3 February 1953. |
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Death |
18 August 1971, at his home in Derby, aged
70 years 349 days
[registered in Derby, September 1971]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing
Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football in
Northumberland, played for his local side New Delaval Villa FC. Leeds City
FC signed Stephenson in August 1919, before being disbanded on 17 October. Aston Villa FC,
in December 1919, paid £300 for
Stephenson to sign professional forms, joining his brothers, Clem and Jim. He played for Stourbridge FC during his time at Villa, to
advance his development. He made 93 League appeaances, scoring 22
goals, before Derby County FC signed him on 11 November 1927,
where he made 111 league appearances, scoring 53 goals.
Next, Sheffield Wednesday FC signed Stephenson, along with Tom Davison, on 5
February 1931 for another seventeen goals in 37 league
appearances. Then Preston North End FC from 19 July 1933, during
which he scored sixteen goals in 25 league appearances. Charlton
Athletic FC on 18 May 1934 for a 'big' fee and twelve goals in fifty
league appearances. Through lack of playing opprtunites,
Stephenson was re-signed into a coaching role in
May 1937. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1919-20, runners-up 1923-24; Football League
Division One
runners-up 1929-30, 1936-37; Division
Two runners-up 1933-34, 1935-36;
Division Three (South) winners 1934-35; |
| Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Brother of Jim Stephenson
(Aston Villa FC). His son, Bobby, also played football
(Derby County FC & Shrewsbury Town FC), and cricket
(Derbyshire CC & Hampshire CC, 1967-80) |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
0lbs [1930]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
After being forced
to retire, Stephenson remained with Charlton Athletic FC, as part of their
backroom staff. He was one of the ten men interviewed for the Newcastle
United FC manager's job in May 1947, the job going to George Martin. He became their assistant manager
in 1938. Appointed as
Huddersfield Town AFC manager on 18 August 1947, until his resignation on
10 March 1952, following a difficult season with Town, which would see them
relegated at the end of the season. |
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Club honours |
None |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of six who became 528th
players (532) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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First match |
No. 160, 17 May 1928,
France
1 England 5,
an end-of-season tour match
at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged
27 years
257 days.
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Last match |
No. 176, 14 May 1931,
France 5 England 2, an end-of season tour match at
Stade
Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged
30 years 253 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also brother of Clem
Stephenson (Aston Villa FC, Huddersfield
Town AFC and
England).
Died seven days after Joe Smith. |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information. But we know
he became a publican, taking over at The Sportsman's Inn, on New Crown
Street in Halifax, in September 1952. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.236. |
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George Stephenson - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 4 |
3 |
0 |
270 |
2 |
135 min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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George Stephenson
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away - Friendly |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
2.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| All |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
2.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
George Stephenson
- Match History
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Club:
Derby County F.C.
- two full appearances (180 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - three full appearances
(180 min)x
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Notes
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