Clem Stephenson
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Clement Stephenson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 February 1890 | ||
Place of birth | Blyth, Northumberland, England | ||
Date of death | 24 October 1961 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Huddersfield, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1905 | New Delaval Villa | ||
1906 | West Stanley | ||
1907 | Blyth Spartans | ||
1908 | Durham City | ||
1910–1920 | Aston Villa | 192 | (85) |
1920–1929 | Huddersfield Town | 248 | (42) |
Total | 440 | (127) | |
International career | |||
1924 | England | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1929–1942 | Huddersfield Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Clement Stephenson (6 February 1890 – 24 October 1961)
Playing career
Aston Villa
Born in Blyth Northumberland, Stephenson originally played for
During World War I Stephenson had guested for Leeds City, a club managed by Herbert Chapman, who, typically, saw qualities, beyond Stephenson's well-renowned lack of pace, that would serve the player in his later career. It was as a result of making irregular payments to such Wartime guest players as Stephenson (Chapman had secured the services of Charlie Buchan of Sunderland, Franny Walden of Tottenham Hotspur, and Billy Hampson of Newcastle United ) that Chapman's career at Leeds City came to a questionable end and led to the dissolution of the club in 1919.
Huddersfield Town
However, when Chapman took over the reins at
In another two seasons Huddersfield had won the first of three consecutive League Championships and Chapman was moved to write to Stephenson: "I want to thank you personally for your play, your wholehearted efforts both on and off the field. I have never had such confidence in any captain of a team I have been associated with." It was later written: "Chapman bought perceptively, welded his assets together astutely and soon sent out one of the most successful League sides of all time. It was stubborn, disciplined and highly mobile with Clem Stephenson, once of Aston Villa, at the heart of everything. He was a stocky tactician without much pace but his passes were as sweet as stolen kisses." [1] Archived 20 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
Chapman brought in the free scoring
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aston Villa | 1910–11[5] | First Division | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
1911–12[5] | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | ||
1912–13[5] | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 19 | ||
1913–14[5] | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 14 | ||
1914–15[5] | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | ||
1919–20[5] | 39 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 29 | ||
1920–21[5] | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 9 | ||
Total | 192 | 84 | 26 | 11 | 218 | 95 | ||
Huddersfield Town | 1920–21[5] | First Division | 9 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | |
1921–22[5] | 39 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 15 | ||
1922–23[5] | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 2 | ||
1923–24[5] | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 12 | ||
1924–25[5] | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | ||
1925–26[5] | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||
1926–27[5] | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
1927–28[5] | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
1928–29[5] | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | ||
Total | 248 | 44 | 26 | 8 | 274 | 52 | ||
Total |
Management career
Stephenson went on to become Huddersfield's longest-serving manager from 27 May 1929 until 8 June 1942 overseeing club records:
- The record 10–1 victory over Blackpool in December 1930 at Leeds Road.
- The record attendance at Leeds Road 67,037 attended in the FA Cup quarter-final versus a Herbert Chapman led Arsenal.
But his League and Cup exploits were fraught with irony leading Huddersfield to second place in 1933–34 losing to
Honours
Aston Villa
- First Division runners-up: 1910–11, 1912–13, 1913–14
- 1920
Huddersfield Town (Player & manager)
- First Division champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26
- 1922
- Runners-up: 1938
- Runners-up:
- FA Charity Shield winners: 1922
References
- ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ Woolwinder (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ "England players: Clem Stephenson". englandfootballonline. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Clem Stephenson". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Clem Stephenson Aston Villa and Huddersfield Town". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
External links
- Aston Villa career summary at Aston Villa Player Database
- Hall of Fame
- Added to Hall of Fame