| John Stephenson | |
| Fullname: | John Francis Stephenson |
| Birth Date: | 14 May 1937 |
| Death Place: | Chelsea, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Benalla |
| Height: | 184 cm |
| Weight: | 85.5 kg |
| Statsend: | 1958 |
| Years1: | 1958 |
| Games Goals1: | 1 (0) |
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 played only a single league game (in 1958).[2]
In 1989 he was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 811 from Los Angeles to Sydney via Honolulu and Auckland the Boeing 747 Jumbo cargo door failed mid flight and blown 9 people out, Stephenson was seated 11 rows behind where the fuselage was breached.[3] In October 2014, Stephenson was killed when the Van's RV-6 light aircraft he was piloting crashed into a house in the Melbourne suburb of Chelsea.[4]