Joseph Martin Stephens (23 July 1887 – 25 November 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.846.
Family The son of Samuel Stephens (1838–1892),Queenscliff's Sad Fatality, The Queenscliff Sentinel, Drysdale, Portarlington and Sorrento Advertiser, (Saturday, 22 October 1892), p.1. and Jane Stephens (1844–1923), née Moyle,Deaths: Stephens, The Argus, (Tuesday, 10 July 1923), p.1. Joseph Martin Stephens was born at Queenscliff, Victoria on 23 July 1887.
Football North Melbourne (VFA) He played six senior matches for North Melbourne.Stephens, _NM07, The VFA Project.
Williamstown (VFA) Cleared from North Melbourne, he played one game for Williamstown, against Brunswick on 30 April 1910.Game Details, The VFA Project.
Preston (VFA) On 18 May 1910 he was cleared from Williamstown to Preston.Association Clubs, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 May 1910), p.5.
St Kilda (VFL) On 28 April 1911 he was cleared from Preston to St Kilda.Football League Meeting, The Age, (Saturday, 29 April 1911), p.16.
He played the first of his eight senior matches, against Geelong, at the Junction Oval on 29 April 1911, and the last, against Collingwood, at Victoria Park on 17 June 1911.
Death He died (suddenly) in Melbourne on 25 November 1935.Deaths: Stephens, The Argus, (Tuesday, 26 November 1935), p.1.
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J. Stephens, at The VFA Project.