OTHER: Broke the Shaw Cross goal kicking record, landing 138 goals, before he left to join Dewsbury. He became captain of Dewsbury and completed 20 years as a professional player. In his first class career he kicked 959 goals and scored 205 tries. Nigel also played for Bradford, Carlisle, Wakefield Trinity and York, as well as for his country and England. One of Dewsbury’s greatest and fairest players was centre Nigel Stephenson (no relation to Mike Stephenson) who was a Crown Flatt favourite for many seasons. Nigel had skippered his Shaw Cross side before joining Dewsbury and was one of the most promising youngsters to leave the Shaw Cross nursery. He made his debut for Dewsbury at the age of 16 in 1966 and his career in the Dewsbury colours was one of the greatest. and between 1966 and 1978 when he joined Bradford Northern, he had made 330 appearances, scoring 820 goals, 39 drop goals and 124 tries. But Nigel will always be remembered for his part in Dewsbury’s League Championship win in 1973 when he scored a try and kicked five goals in the final against Leeds. He was undoubtedly an outstanding player and is surely one of the best never to have been capped by Great Britain. However, he did play for England against Australia in 1975, but no caps were awarded. He gained county recognition and was capped 10 times for Yorkshire.