John Stevens (footballer)

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John Stevens
Personal information
Full name John Stevens
Date of birth (1971-06-15) 15 June 1971 (age 50)
Original team(s) Old Ivanhoe Grammarians
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1997–2001 Sydney Swans 78 (45)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Stevens (born 15 June 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Stevens played some football for the Collingwood Under-19s but his initial AFL ambitions were thwarted by a knee injury and having to have heart surgery. [1] He was later drafted by Sydney as a mature age recruit, from Old Ivanhoe Grammarians. When he made his league debut in the 1997 AFL season, Stevens was already 25.

A left footer, he was used mostly on the wing by Sydney and didn't miss a single game in 1998. [2] Stevens, who played finals football in each of his first three seasons, put his name in the record books in 1999 when he took 20 marks against Melbourne at the MCG which was at the time the second most number of marks ever records in a VFL/AFL game. [3]

In an interview on Melbourne sports radio station: 1116 SEN, Stevens went into details about his tachycardia; explaining that his condition was made known when a coach confronted him for laziness as result to his lack of second efforts. Throughout his career (some accounts suggest Steven had heart surgery before joining Sydney), after a burst of activity, Stevens would double over and breathe heavily in an attempt to consciously bring his heart rate down to regular levels from as high as 350 beats per minute. Ignoring medical advise to discontinue his career, he played senior AFL with his condition until 2001.

Stevens, an Ivanhoe Grammar alumni ('88), was known on campus for his '86 exam responses for Religious Studies, when he returned a perfect hand drawn image of the MCG, AFL/VFL logo and of each team in response to questions in a 90-minute exam. When challenged about his responses, he defiantly responded that "football is my religion".

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ↑ "John Stevens". AFL Tables.
  3. ↑ "Season and Game Highs". AFL Tables.
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