Byron Stevenson

Infobox Football biography
playername = "Byron Stevenson"


fullname = William Byron Stevenson
dateofbirth = September 7 1956
cityofbirth = Llanelli
countryofbirth = Wales
dateofdeath = death date and age|2007|9|6|1956|9|7
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
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position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1972-1975
youthclubs = Leeds United
years = 1975-1981
1981-1985
1985-1986
clubs = Leeds United
Birmingham City
Bristol Rovers
caps(goals) = 95 (4)
74 (3)
31 (3)
nationalyears = 1978-1982
nationalteam = flagicon|Wales Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 15 (0)

Byron Stevenson (September 7 1956 – September 6 2007) [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ex-Wales defender Stevenson dies |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6982007.stm |work= |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2007-09-06 |accessdate=2007-09-06 ] was a Welsh professional footballer.

He played for Leeds United, Birmingham City and Bristol Rovers. He was also capped 15 times for Wales' national football team. Originally thought of as a potential replacement for either Jack Charlton or Norman Hunter as the Don Revie Leeds team started to break up, Stevenson actually had to wait until April 1976 before he got anything like a run of games when he made 6 successive league appearances replacing Paul Reaney at right back. He had a good run at centre half in 1979 and in midfield in 1981 before eventually being sacrificed in a swap deal which saw him move to Birmingham City. Despite his stop/start Leeds career, he was described by former teammates as 'Top Class' after news of his death from cancer in September 2007 - one day before what would have been his 51st birthday.

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External links

* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=2033 Byron Stevenson] at [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/ Sporting-Heroes.net]
* [http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leeds-united-news/39Top-class39-Leeds-United-defender.3183476.jp]