Mike Stephenson
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Michael Stephenson MBE (born 27 January 1947) is an English rugby league commentator and former player.
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Full name | Michael Stephenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1947-01-27) 27 January 1947 (age 77) Dewsbury, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephenson was born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire. He is commonly known as "Stevo", the nickname that he is known by in rugby league and on TV, played at club level for Dewsbury, and Australian side Penrith, and also played for Yorkshire and Great Britain, with whom he won the 1972 Rugby League World Cup. Stephenson played in the hooker position for most of his playing career.
Stephenson was responsible for the setting-up of the Rugby League Heritage Centre at the George Hotel in Huddersfield.
He was appointed an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent order of the British Empire), for his services to rugby league and sports broadcasting in the New Year Honours List 2017.[4]