Andy Stevens

Born: Durham, England.

Died: Toronto, Ontario. 

Stevens grew up in Toronto and became one of Canada’s most outstanding players of the 1920s and 1930s.  He began his career with Parkside Rangers in Toronto in 1917, then moved to Toronto Scottish, Toronto Lancashire and Davenport Albion.  He also spent time playing in Chicago for the Pullman club during the 1920–21 season and in Detroit in 1923.  Eventually, he moved to the Atlantic seaboard, joining the Boston Wonder Workers of the professional American Soccer League, and became one of that league’s all-time top goalscorers with 150 goals. 

At the end of the 1924–25 season, Stevens moved from Boston to New Bedford Whalers, and was the league’s top goalscorer in 1925–26 with 44 goals in 39 games.  When his ASL career ended, he returned to Toronto, and led Toronto Scottish to the national championship in 1932 and 1933 and the North American championship in 1933 against Stix, Baer and Fuller of St. Louis.  He served in the Canadian Army during World War Two, and when the war was over, coached Toronto East End Canadians in 1947 in the National Soccer League.  During the 1920s and 1930s, the great rivalry in Toronto was between Scottish, led by Stevens and Ulster, led by George Graham.