Bill Stephenson (14 February 1937 – 10 August 2010) was a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with St Kilda in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Stephenson, recruited to St Kilda from Sale, was a Victorian representative in 1960, against both South Australia and Western Australia. A ruckman and

centre half-forward In Australian rules football, the centre half-forward is a position on the half-forward line of a football field. The directly opposing player is a centre half-back. Royce Hart of the Richmond Football Club and Wayne Carey of the North Melbou ...

in his early years at St Kilda, Stephenson was used later on as a

full-forward Full-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals. The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player, often a full-forward, who has kicked the most goals in an Australian Football League seaso ...

, in which position he started the 1962 VFL season strongly. Five first half goals against

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in round four had brought Stephenson's season tally to 20, before he sustained a knee injury later in the game which curtailed his career.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephenson, Bill 1937 births 2010 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Sale Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen