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	'''Joseph Eric Stephenson''' (17 September 1914 – 8 September 1944)<ref>{{cite web \|title=England players: Eric Stephenson \|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioStephensonJE.html \|website=englandfootballonline \|accessdate=10 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> was an English [[association football\|footballer]] who played as an [[Inside forward\|inside left]] at both professional and international levels.		'''Joseph Eric Stephenson''' (17 September 1914 – 8 September 1944)<ref>{{cite web \|title=England players: Eric Stephenson \|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioStephensonJE.html \|website=englandfootballonline \|accessdate=10 July 2018}}</ref> was an English [[association football\|footballer]] who played as an [[Inside forward\|inside left]] at both professional and international levels.

	==Career==		==Career==
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	After leaving Leeds in 1941 to become a Major in the [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)\|Gurkha Rifles]], Stephenson died in active service in [[British Burma]] in September 1944 and is buried at [[Taukkyan War Cemetery]], [[Myanmar]].<ref name = "Leeds"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=Major Stephenson, Joseph Eric \|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2087926/stephenson,-joseph-eric/ \|publisher=CWGC \|accessdate=10 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> His younger brother Ernest had died in action August 1943, at the age of 27.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stjohnsroundhay.co.uk/soldierlist.html \|title=Soldiers of St John's \|accessdate=15 November 2010 \|publisher=St John's Church, Roundhay \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110007/http://www.stjohnsroundhay.co.uk/soldierlist.html \|archivedate=28 July 2011 \|df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Private Stephenson, Ernest Frank \|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2438915/stephenson,-ernest-frank/ \|publisher=CWGC \|accessdate=10 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		After leaving Leeds in 1941 to become a Major in the [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)\|Gurkha Rifles]], Stephenson died in active service in [[British Burma]] in September 1944 and is buried at [[Taukkyan War Cemetery]], [[Myanmar]].<ref name = "Leeds"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=Major Stephenson, Joseph Eric \|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2087926/stephenson,-joseph-eric/ \|publisher=CWGC \|accessdate=10 July 2018}}</ref> His younger brother Ernest had died in action August 1943, at the age of 27.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stjohnsroundhay.co.uk/soldierlist.html \|title=Soldiers of St John's \|accessdate=15 November 2010 \|publisher=St John's Church, Roundhay \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110007/http://www.stjohnsroundhay.co.uk/soldierlist.html \|archivedate=28 July 2011 \|df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Private Stephenson, Ernest Frank \|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2438915/stephenson,-ernest-frank/ \|publisher=CWGC \|accessdate=10 July 2018}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{About|the footballer|the comics publisher|Eric Stephenson (comics)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Eric Stephenson
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Joseph Eric Stephenson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|9|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bexleyheath]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|9|8|1914|9|17|df=y}}
| death_place = [[British Burma]]
| height =
| position = [[Inside forward|Inside left]]
| youthyears1 = 1933–1935
| youthclubs1 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| years1 = 1935–1941
| clubs1 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| caps1 = 111
| goals1 = 21
| years2 = 1939–1941
| clubs2 = → [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] (war)
| caps2 = 32
| goals2 = 7
| totalcaps = 143
| totalgoals = 28
| nationalyears1 = 1938
| nationalteam1 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Joseph Eric Stephenson''' (17 September 1914 – 8 September 1944)<ref>{{cite web |title=England players: Eric Stephenson |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioStephensonJE.html |website=englandfootballonline |accessdate=10 July 2022}}</ref> was an English [[association football|footballer]] who played as an [[Inside forward|inside left]] at both professional and international levels.

==Career==
Born in [[Bexleyheath]], Stephenson signed for [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] in 1933, turned professional in 1934, and made his first-team debut in 1935.<ref name = "Leeds">{{cite web|url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/S/StephensonJE.php|title=Player profile|accessdate=15 November 2010|publisher=Oz White LUFC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816232551/http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/S/StephensonJE.php|archive-date=16 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Stephenson also earned two international caps for [[England national football team|England]] in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=920|title=Player profile|accessdate=15 November 2010|publisher=EnglandStats.com}}</ref>

==War service==

After leaving Leeds in 1941 to become a Major in the [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)|Gurkha Rifles]], Stephenson died in active service in [[British Burma]] in September 1944 and is buried at [[Taukkyan War Cemetery]], [[Myanmar]].<ref name = "Leeds"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Major Stephenson, Joseph Eric |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2087926/stephenson,-joseph-eric/ |publisher=CWGC |accessdate=10 July 2022}}</ref> His younger brother Ernest had died in action August 1943, at the age of 27.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohnsroundhay.co.uk/soldierlist.html |title=Soldiers of St John's |accessdate=15 November 2010 |publisher=St John's Church, Roundhay |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110007/http://www.stjohnsroundhay.co.uk/soldierlist.html |archivedate=28 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Private Stephenson, Ernest Frank |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2438915/stephenson,-ernest-frank/ |publisher=CWGC |accessdate=10 July 2022}}</ref>

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[[Category:English footballers]]
[[Category:England international footballers]]
[[Category:Leeds United F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel killed in World War II]]
[[Category:Royal Gurkha Rifles officers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bexleyheath]]
[[Category:Association football inside forwards]]

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