Len Stephenson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Leonard Stephenson | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackpool, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 September 2014 (aged 84) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St. Mary's Youth Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1955 | Blackpool | 24 | (10) |
| 1955–1957 | Port Vale | 61 | (16) |
| 1957–1958 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | (0) |
| Witton Albion | 0 | (0) | |
| Total | 93 | (26) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Leonard Stephenson (14 July 1930 – 29 September 2014) was an English footballer. A centre-forward, he scored 26 goals in 93 league games in a seven-year career in the Football League for Blackpool, Port Vale, and Oldham Athletic.
Stephenson began his professional career with Joe Smith's Blackpool in November 1948. It wasn't until just over two years later, on 20 January 1951, that he made his debut, in a 2–2 league draw with Sunderland at Bloomfield Road. He scored the hosts' second goal in what was his only appearance of the 1950–51 campaign. He made three First Division appearances during the following season, before injury struck, and sat out the entire 1952–53 term, at the climax of which Blackpool won the FA Cup.
Stephenson returned to the Blackpool line-up two-thirds of the way through 1953–54, scoring their first goal in a 3–2 home league victory over Aston Villa on 23 January. He made seven further league appearances that season, scoring another three goals in the process. He also scored in the FA Cup, in Blackpool's third-round replay victory over Luton Town at Molineux Stadium.
He scored five goals in his eleven league appearances during 1954–55, including the only goal of the game in a victory over West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on 11 December. He made his final appearance for the Seasiders on 15 January, in a 2–0 defeat at home to Wolves.
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