John F. Stephenson
| John Stephenson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Francis Stephenson | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1937 | ||
| Date of death | 14 October 2014 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Chelsea, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Benalla | ||
| Height/Weight | 184 cm / 85.5 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1958 | Carlton | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1958 season. | |||
John Stephenson (14 May 1937 – 14 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Jack Stephenson, who also played for Carlton, he was recruited from Benalla, but only played a single league game in 1958.[2]
In October 2014, Stephenson was killed when the Van's RV-6 light aircraft he was piloting crashed in a house in the Melbourne suburb of Chelsea.[3] In 1989 he was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 811, where 9 people died after being sucked out of the plane when the cabin door failed mid flight. Stephenson was seated 11 rows behind where the fuselage was breached.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ De Bolfo, Tony (24 October 2014). "John’s romantic return carries even greater poignancy".
- ↑ Devic, Aleks (15 October 2014). "Homemade aircraft in fiery suburban crash tops accident figures". Herald Sun.
- ↑ 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".
External links
- John F. Stephenson's statistics from AFL Tables
- John Stephenson's profile at Blueseum