Al Stevenson | |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1921 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Offensive tackle |
Position2: | Defensive tackle |
College: | none - Strathcona Academy |
Playing Years1: | 1945 |
Playing Team1: | Montreal Hornets |
Playing Years2: | – |
Playing Team2: | Montreal Alouettes |
Honors: | 1949 - Grey Cup Champion |
Al Stevenson (December 23, 1921 - January 4, 1958) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. He played offensive and defensive tackle.
Stevenson played his first football with Strathcona Academy in Outremont, Quebec.[1] He began his pro career in 1945 with the Montreal Hornets and played with the inaugural Montreal Alouettes team in 1946. He was part of the Larks first Grey Cup championship.[2] He played 59 games for the Als over 6 seasons (but was retired for almost all of the 1948 season due to business matters.).[3] He later pursued a career in the Canadian Army, serving in West Germany and Korea and becoming a sergeant (and coaching the Royal Military Academy team in Kingston, Ontario.)[4] He died in a car accident on January 4, 1958.