James Stevenson (31 December 1872 – 3 March 1925) was a Scottish footballer who played for Dumbarton (two spells), Preston North End (two spells), Bristol St George and West Bromwich Albion. For much of his career he played as a forward but in his later years operated at centre half.
He was selected for the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match in 1903,Football. International Trial Match., The Glasgow Herald, 24 March 1903 but never played for Scotland at full international level.
Stevenson was from Dumbarton, where he was killed in 1925 in a boiler room accident at Denny's Shipbuilding Yard. He had eight children with his wife Jessie Jane, née Strachan; their sixth child was the civil servant Sir Matthew Stevenson.J. M. Lee, "Stevenson, Sir Matthew", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2008). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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