John F. Stephenson

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 / weight 184 cm / 85.5 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958 Carlton 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.

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 blown out of the plane when the cabin door failed mid flight. Stephenson was seated 11 rows behind where the fuselage was breached.[4]

Notes

  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. ↑ Devic, Aleks (15 October 2014). "Homemade aircraft in fiery suburban crash tops accident figures". Herald Sun.
  4. ↑ 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".

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