{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Steve Leehane | image = | fullname = John Stephen Leehane | birth_date = 20 October 1891 | birth_place = Horsham, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1972|4|4|1891|10|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Parkville, Victoria | originalteam = Cheltenham | height = 179 cm | weight = 73 kg | position = Defender | statsend = 1919 | years1 = 1914–1919 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 82 (14) | careerhighlights = }}
'''John Stephen "Steve" Leehane''' (20 October 1891 – 4 April 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A defender, Leehane was recruited from Cheltenham and played finals football in five of his six league seasons.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref><ref name=AFLTables>{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Steve_Leehane.html |title=AFL Tables: Steve Leehane |website=afltables.com}}</ref> He missed the 1915 finals series with a groin injury and missed out on playing in back to back premierships, having been a half back flanker in Carlton's 1914 premiership team. Leehane was a full-back in the 1916 VFL Grand Final, which Carlton lost to Fitzroy.<ref name=AFLTables/>
He had two sons, Ted and Tom, who also had VFL careers.
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{{1914 Carlton premiership players}}
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