He also had a noted career in the Canberra Australian National Football League, with Ainslie, Eastlake-Manuka and Eastlake.

Stevens, a defender, spent his first two years of senior football with Canberra club Ainslie.

[3][4] He won Ainslie's best and fairest award and finished third in voting for the Mulrooney Medal in 1941, his second season.

[9] He had a triumphant return, ending the season with a premiership, Mulrooney Medal and another Ainslie best and fairest.

[4][11] Stevens, who captained Canberra at the 1947 Hobart Carnival, also won a third club best and fairest award.