Stevenson, Alexander (‘Alec’) (1912–85), soccer player, was born 9 August 1912 at Richmond Road, Dublin, son of Alexander Stevenson, smith, and Rosalind Stevenson (née Capranny). He began his football career with the Dublin junior side Dolphin, and was an integral part of the team that lost in the 1932 FAI cup final, the club's first appearance in a senior cup final. His performances for Dolphin resulted in his being spotted by the Glasgow Rangers scout Arthur Dixon, and he signed for the Scottish club in 1932. Playing at inside-forward, he became a very popular figure at Ibrox, scoring a total of 90 goals in 271 appearances and earning the sobriquet ‘Wee Alex’. After much coaxing he joined the English first-division club Everton in January 1934. At Everton he formed a fruitful partnership with his countryman Jackie Coulter. Both players were crowd favourites and were feared by opposing defences for their quick-fire interplay and almost telepathic understanding. In a career that lasted from 1934 to 1949 he made over 400 appearances for Everton and scored a total of 82 goals, despite being chiefly employed as a provider.
He finished the club's second top goal scorer on three occasions, his most prolific season being in 1936/7, when he scored 21 league and cup goals. A winner of a first-division league medal in the 1939/40, he scored 17 goals that season. He continued to play for Everton during the war and did not finish a season in all his time at the club without scoring double figures. In 1949 he left Everton to join a local non-league team, Bootle, but returned to Ireland in season 1953/4 to play in the League of Ireland for St Patrick's Athletic at the age of 41. He made his international debut for Ireland in a match against Holland in May 1932. After his move to Scotland he became a regular player for Northern Ireland, and made his debut for them in a 2–1 victory against Scotland in Glasgow in 1933. In all he won a total of 17 caps for Northern Ireland and scored five goals over a fifteen-year period (1934–49). His second cap for the southern side was won in a game against England in Dublin in 1946. He went on to appear seven times in total; the gap of fourteen years between his first and second caps is a record. In later years he worked in Bootle, an employee of the local corporation. Alex Stevenson died in 1985.