Career
Stevens, born in north-east England, came to Canada in 1905. In 1920, he left Canada to sign with Pullman F.C. in Chicago. By 1923, he was back in Canada where he briefly played for Toronto Willys Overland and Toronto Scottish before joining Detroit F.C that year.
In 1924, he Stevens signed with the Boston Soccer Club of the American Soccer League.
Boston transferred him to the New Bedford Whalers just over halfway through the season. Stevens led the Advanced Systems Limited in scoring twice: 1925-1926 (44 goals) and 1927-1928 (30 goals).
Stevens remained with the Whalers until 1928-1929 season, but left the team after fifteen games to sign with the New York Giants of the Eastern Professional Soccer League. With the merger of the English as Second Language and Advanced Systems Limited in 1929, several teams from the English as Second Language petitioned for entry into the new league.
New York Hispano, of the English as Second Language, moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut under the new name Bridgeport Hungaria.
The team ownership hired Stevens to coach the team In March 1930, Hungaria folded ten games into the season. Stevens then moved to the New York Nationals for the last few games of the season.
The Nationals folded at the end of the season and Stevens returned to Canada where he joined Toronto Scottish.
Toronto took the game 2-1. Stevens served in the Canadian Army in World War Two.
In1947 he became coach of Toronto East End Canadians and in 1950 of Toronto Oakwoods.
