Biography
Welsh half back Richard George Llewellyn was born at Abercwmboi, a mining village near Aberdare in the Cynon Valley of South Wales. After spells with two junior teams he played in the Welsh League for Caerphilly Town in 1935/36 season and playing trial matches for the Wales amateur international side (he wasn’t selected or capped by Wales) Llewellyn was scouted by Hull City – the club signed a number of South Wales players in the mid 1930s. George joined the Tigers in May 1936 days after the club had been relegated to the Division Three North. City manager David Menzies gave Lllewellyn three starts in September 1936 before new signing Jim Treanor usurped him from City’s defence. When Menzies tragically died in service in October 1936 Llewellyn drifted further from the City first team and made only 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, quite likely returning to work in the local coal mines. He died in Pontypridd in 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
Aberaman, Penrhiwceiber (1935), Caerphilly Town (1935-1936), Hull City (1936-1937), Scarborough (1937-1939)
Hull City Record
Career: 5 apps, 0 goals
George Llewellyn| Season | LGE App | LGE Gls | FAC App | FAC Gls | FLC App | FLC Gls | EUR App | EUR Gls | OTH App | OTH Gls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936/37 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |