Stewart Marshall "Steve" Llewellyn (29 February 1924 – 10 December 2002) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for

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, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for St. Helens, as a , with whom he won two

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titles and a Championship, later being inducted into the clubs Hall of Fame. Llewellyn was born in

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on 29 February 1924. He joined the Welsh Guards in 1943 and served in Italy during the Second World War. Having been playing rugby union for his hometown of Abertillery since 1945, Llewellyn signed with English rugby league club St Helens in January 1948. During the 1952–53 Northern Rugby Football League season Llewellyn played , i.e. number 2, in St. Helens' 5–22 defeat by

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in the

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Final at

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on Saturday 29 November 1952. During the 1952–53 Northern Rugby Football League season Llewellyn played , i.e. number 2, and scored a try in St. Helens' 10–15 defeat by Huddersfield in the 1953 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 25 April 1953. During the

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, he played in the 16–8 victory over Wigan in the

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on Saturday 24 October 1953. LLewellyn equalled the St. Helens' club record for most tries in a match twice by scoring six against Castleford on 3 March 1956, and again against Liverpool City on 20 August 1956. During the

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, he and played in the 3–10 defeat by Oldham in the

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Final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 20 October 1956. Llewellyn was one of less than twenty Welshmen to have scored more than 200-tries in their rugby league career.Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North – Volume 2". R. E. Gate. Only three players (

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, Les Jones and Alf Ellaby) have scored more than his 240 tries for the St Helens club. In retirement, he stayed in St. Helen's, working as an English language and PE teacher, and later became deputy head at two local secondary schools. Llewellyn died in

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, in 2002.

References

External links

Profile at saints.org.uk
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