Stephens was a goalkicking rover and, after managing eleven majors in a VFA game for Sandringham, was picked up by St Kilda.
He played the first six games of the 1971 VFL season before succumbing to a thigh injury which would keep him out of the side for the rest of the year.
A consistent performer up forward, only four times in his league career did he fail to kick a goal in a game.
As a cricketer, Stephens was a left-handed middle-order batsman and appeared in a total of four first-class matches in the 1970–71 and 1971–72 Sheffield Shield seasons.
He had played with fellow VFL footballers Peter Bedford, John Scholes and Max Walker.