Willie Stevenson
Half-Back (1962-1967)
Date of Birth: 26-10-1939
Birthplace: Leith
Debut : 3rd November 1962 v Burnley (H) Football League Division One: lost 1-2
1st team games: 241
1st team goals: 18
Other clubs: Rangers, Stoke City, Tranmere Rovers
He was settling into a new life in Australia after winning Scottish League and Cup winners medals with Glasgow Rangers before finding himself languishing in the Ibrox reserve side and deciding to emigrate.
But Bill Shankly moved in and swiftly persuaded his fellow Scot to return to Britain and open a new chapter in his life by signing for Liverpool in October 1962. It was an inspired decision by both men.
Leith-born Stevenson, a slim, elegant left half with an impressive range of passing ability and whose slim frame contained deceptive strength, established himself as a member of the famous Anfield half back line with Gordon Milne and Ron Yeats.
In his first four full seasons with Liverpool he missed only nine League games, playing a key role in the championship wins of 1964 and 1966 and in the team that brought the FA Cup to Anfield in 1965 for the first time. Stevenson, who first experienced European football with Rangers, also won a Cup Winners Cup runners-up medal with Liverpool in 1966. He later played for Stoke and Tranmere.
Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship 1963/64 & 1965/66, FA Cup 1965, Charity Shield 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared) & 1966
Willie Stevenson