Robert Stevenson

April 2011 - Great News!!

Robert Stevenson has been inducted into the British Hockey Hall of Fame!

This news has given great pleasure to hockey people all around the World! and it is perhaps fitting that close to the fortieth anniversary of his emigration to Australia, he has been honoured.

I have received messages of congratulation for Robert from as far as Haiti, and even Edinburgh

Dave Sinclair, currently overseeing humanitarian work in Haiti writes

Great news for Robert, well deserved and not before time and I am aware you have similar feelings in this regard.

Delighted to hear it - long overdue.
Cheers,
Bernard Stocks

Great News. Very happy and proud of Robert. Well deserved & about time time some of the home legends are getting their recognition. A great guy, one of the best all rounder's I ever played with along with the rest of the Stevenson's.

Freddie Wood.

Robert's induction in 2011

Robert with the Melbourne 55+ trophy May 2011

The case for Robert's induction made in 2007

I am not one for campaigns or crusades - "Ban the Bomb", entry to the EU,

Poll Tax and Global Warming have all passed without so much as a ripple.

The only thing to upset me, with the possible exception of the imminent

demolition of the Centrum Centre in my adopted home town of Ayr, is the

fact that Robert Stevenson has never been inducted into the British Hockey

Hall of Fame.

I don't intend to denigrate any of the inductees but would suggest that Robert's

record not only stands comparison with the best of them, but in most cases

well exceeds them. I dont have detailed records of his Paisley days but would

suggest he was certainly one of the stalwarts of the time. His record with the

Dynamos has been chronicled and is listed below

Top Scorers 1966-71	GP	G	A	Pts

Robert Stevenson	121	256	168	424
Lawrie Lovell	129	198	219	417
Derek Reilly	134	245	97	342
Terry Matthews	110	202	122	324
Alistair Brepnan	124	160	106	272
Les Lovell	99	117	137	254
Alistair McCrae	122	131	118	249
Pete Johnson	112	151	97	248
Jackson McBride	112	119	108	227
Kepny Matthews	111	114	89	203
Hep Tindale	82	113	85	198
Joe Baird	100	121	73	194
Willie Kerr	133	72	90	162
Ron Stark	80	98	59	157
Billy Lavety	105	85	67	152
Billy Miller	116	79	69	148
Barrie Stevenson	74	93	38	131
Norrie Boreham	120	78	48	126
Jim Pearson	100	69	57	126
Keith Havery	109	79	37	116
	111	74	42	116

NORTHERNLEAGUE CLUB RECORDS 1966-1971

GP W L D F A PTS

Murrayfield Racers 137 99 30 8 929 475 206

Paisley Mohawks . . 102. 77. 19 6 664 360 160

Glasgow Dynamos 128 62 55 11 699 626 135

Whitley Warriors 121 51 55 15 710 736 117

DurhamWasps 117 37 66 14 606 746 88

Fife Flyers 114 32 71 11 527 689 75

Ayr Bruins 76 25 49 2 321 470 52

Dundee Rockets 35 17 16 2 162 181 36

EdinbUrgh Royals ' 20 6 13 1 89 128 13

Whitley Bay Bandits 19 4 12 3 88 146 11

Perth Blackhawks 13 1 11 1 32 113 3

Paisley Vikings 11 0 11 , 0 5. 151 0

		P	G	A	Pts	PIM
1967/68	Autumn Cup	10	22	12	34	24
1968/69	Northern League	10	24	17	41	8
1968/69	Autumn Cup	10	17	7	24	6
1969/70	Northern League	17	41	29	70	2
1970/71	Northern League	7	18	9	27	28
1970/71	Autumn Cup	13	31	12	43	10
		67	153	86	239	78

DYNAMOS STAR TO EMIGRATE SOON

(Article from Icy Hockey Herald No 24 3 April 1971)
Robert Stevenson, the brilliant 31 year old centre ice and coach of' Glasgow Dynamos, is to take up a semi-professional playing and coaching job in, Melbourne, Australia, with the local Tigers. That was the news item which burst upon hockey circles last week.
The situation was set up by Davie Sinclair, former Dynamo right winger, who emigrated to Australia in 1968. Davie first of all established unofficially that his former coach and close friend would be interested.Thereafter the Melbourne club followed up with an official offer, which "Stevie" quickly accepted.
A prominent condition of the agreement was that Stevenson should get full clearance from the International Ice Hockey Associa tion. This suggests that Australia may be planning a return to the World Championships, spear-headed by this year's top Britsh scorer.
The Australian season opens in May, and Robert together with his wife Eleanor and their four children will be leaving early in April, immediately they have sold their house and clearedup their affairs in this country. An outstanding stickhandler and playmaker, Stevie will perhaps best be remembered in the years to come as the man to whom scoring goals was as easy as falling off a log. . Even as a thirteen year old with Glasgow Mohawks he received frequent tellings off from the late Jim Kenny for scoring too many goals and not concentrating enough on playmaking.
Since the start of the Northern League he has tallied 253 goals and 168 assists in official games alone - an average of just under four points - per game, well ahead of his nearest rivals, Lawrie Lovell and Derek Reilly.
As a coach his record speaks for itself for Dynamos are the third most successful team in the circuit since 1966, having won the 'Icy Smith' Cup once and been losing finalists on two occasions and winning the Championship play-offs last year. And this with perhaps the least experienced team in the League.
Speculation is rife as to who will succeed Stevenson as the Dynamos' coach. The obvious and ideal choice is Billyc Brennan, but the former Mohawk mentor is very much tied up with youth club work, and may not be inclined to shoulder the extra responsibility or indeed find the necessary time to take on added commitments. Should this be the case, there may well be a shock appointment by the Glasgow Committee.

STEVIE STARTS WITH A BANG! (Hockey Herald Article)
From Australia comes the news that Bobby Stevenson has started where he 1eft off in Scotland -as top scorer. Although missing the first five games, and without a goal in hIs first game whichahe played within 24 hours of getting off the plane, he was top goal scorer by the end of his third game, and had 23 goals in his first seven outings!
Ice hockey is catching on in Aussie. Last season there was only one rlnk in Melbourne, from which no less than SEVEN teams operated. Two new rInks were opened recently, and there is talk of another. Meantime the teams have been spread around, with TIgers (Stevie's club), Monarchs and Demons remaining at the original St. MorItz rink, Rangers and Pirates at Ringwood, and Hakoah and Blackhawks at the Olympic.
In a long and newsy letter from Bobby recently, he sent me this message for Herald readers, and for any players who may be considering emigration. " Any hockey player who is interested in seeIng this side of the world wlll be helped In every possible way, i.e. job, flat and friends. They will earn twIce as much money here as,at home. Flats are plentIful and modern. Food and clothes are about the same prIce as at home, but the food is superIor. Cars are reasonable, and petrol nearly half the prIce, roughly 5 gallons for £1.The weather is just great and very healthy. If anyone is interested they can wrIte to me and I wIll sponsor them. Davie SInclaIr is comIng home, and looklng forward to playIng for Dynamos once agaIn - he can tell anyone ~he details of life and hockey here."