Biography
Welsh half back Richard George Llewellyn was born at Abercwmboi, a mining village near Aberdare in the Cynon Valley of South Wales. After spending five years playing local league football in the Cynon Valley, he played in the Welsh League for Caerphilly Town during the 1935/36 season and was selected for a Wales amateur trial match when he was scouted by Hull City – the club signed a number of South Wales players in the mid 1930s.
George joined the newly-relegated Tigers in May 1936 and City manager David Menzies gave him three starts in September 1936 before new signing Jim Treanor usurped him from the starting eleven. When Menzies tragically died in service in October 1936 Llewellyn drifted further from the City first team and he made just two further starts later in the season under new manager Ernest Blackburn.
In August 1937 Llewellyn joined Scarborough and turned out for the Midland League side for two seasons. By the start of World War Two in September 1939 George was living back in his birthplace Abercwmboi before joining the Royal Air Force and serving in Northern England. He returned to Abercwmboi after the war and died in Pontypridd during the winter months of 1968.
Details
Nationality: Wales
Date/Place of Birth: 9 October 1910, Abercwmboi
Hull City First Game: 7 September 1936, Rotherham United A (Division Three North), 25 years, 334 days old
Hull City Final Game: 3 April 1937, Carlisle United H (Division Three North), 26 years, 176 days old
Clubs
Melbourne Stars Abercwmboi (1930-1931), Penrhiwceiber (1931-1932), Aberaman (1932-1935), Penrhiwceiber (1935), Caerphilly Town (1935-1936), Hull City (1936-1937), Scarborough (1937-1939)
Hull City Record
Career: 5 apps, 0 goals
George LlewellynSeason | LGE App | LGE Gls | FAC App | FAC Gls | FLC App | FLC Gls | EUR App | EUR Gls | OTH App | OTH Gls |
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1936/37 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |