Byron Stevenson

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Byron Stevenson

Full name	William Byron Stevenson
Date of birth	September 7, 1956
Place of birth	Llanelli, Wales
Date of death	September 6, 2007 (aged 50)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
1972-1975	Leeds United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975-1981 1981-1985 1985-1986	Leeds United Birmingham City Bristol Rovers	95 (4) 74 (3) 31 (3)
National team
1978-1982	Wales	15 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Byron Stevenson (September 7, 1956 – September 6, 2007)^[1] was a Welsh professional footballer.

He played for Leeds United, Birmingham City and Bristol Rovers. He was also capped 15 times for Wales' national football team. Originally thought of as a potential replacement for either Jack Charlton or Norman Hunter as the Don Revie Leeds team started to break up, Stevenson actually had to wait until April 1976 before he got anything like a run of games when he made 6 successive league appearances replacing Paul Reaney at right back. He had a good run at centre half in 1979 and in midfield in 1981 before eventually being sacrificed in a swap deal which saw him move to Birmingham City. Despite his stop/start Leeds career, he was described by former teammates as 'Top Class' after news of his death from cancer in September 2007 - one day before what would have been his 51st birthday.