| John Stevenson | |
| Fullname: | John Alexander Stevenson |
| Height: | 5ft 8+1/2in[1] |
| Position: | Inside forward |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Wigan, England |
| Death Place: | Carlisle, England |
| Years1: | – |
| Clubs1: | Kilbirnie Hibs |
| Years2: | – |
| Years3: | 1920–1921 |
| Clubs3: | Ayr United |
| Caps3: | 15 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 1921–1923 |
| Clubs4: | Aberdeen |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1922 |
| Clubs5: | → Third Lanark (loan) |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1923 |
| Clubs6: | → Beith (loan) |
| Years7: | 1923–1925 |
| Clubs7: | Bury |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 1925–1927 |
| Clubs8: | Nelson |
| Caps8: | 73 |
| Goals8: | 26 |
| Years9: | 1927–1930 |
| Clubs9: | St Johnstone |
| Caps9: | 91 |
| Goals9: | 24 |
| Years10: | 1930–1932 |
| Clubs10: | Falkirk |
| Caps10: | 59 |
| Goals10: | 17 |
| Years11: | 1932–1933 |
| Clubs11: | Chester |
| Caps11: | 11 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Years12: | 1933 |
| Clubs12: | Bristol Rovers |
| Caps12: | 7 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
| Years13: | 1933–1935 |
| Clubs13: | Carlisle United |
| Caps13: | 65 |
| Goals13: | 11 |
| Totalcaps: | 265 |
| Totalgoals: | 77 |
John Alexander Stevenson (27 February 1898 – 12 March 1979) was a footballer who played mainly as an inside right.[2]
Born in Wigan, Lancashire to an Irish-born father and Scottish mother, the family moved back to his mother's hometown of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire when he was a small child. His playing career reflected his origins with spells at several clubs over 15 years, mainly in Scotland and north-west England, including Ayr United, Aberdeen,[3] Bury,[4] Nelson,[5] St Johnstone, Falkirk, Chester, Bristol Rovers and Carlisle United.[2]
His younger brother George Stevenson was also a footballer had a successful career as player and manager with Motherwell and was also selected for Scotland,[2] with no complications over sporting nationality having been born in 1905 after the family moved north of the border.[6]