Steve Llewellyn
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Stewart Marshall "Steve" Llewellyn (29 February 1924 — 10 December 2002) was a Welsh
professional rugby league
footballer who rose to prominence in the 1950s. A born in Abertyleri, Blaenau Gwent
, he equalled the St. Helens' club record for most tries in a match twice by scoring six against Castleford on the 3 March 1956, and again against Liverpool City on the 20 August 1956. There are only three players (Tom van Vollenhoven
, Les Jones
, and Alf Ellaby
) who have scored more than his 240 tries for the 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 St Helens, Merseyside
, in 2002.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer who rose to prominence in the 1950s. A born in Abertyleri, Blaenau Gwent
Blaenau Gwent
Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in South Wales, sharing its name with a parliamentary constituency. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and...
, he equalled the St. Helens' club record for most tries in a match twice by scoring six against Castleford on the 3 March 1956, and again against Liverpool City on the 20 August 1956. There are only three players (Tom van Vollenhoven
Tom van Vollenhoven
Tom van Vollenhoven is a South African former rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 60s....
, Les Jones
Les Jones
Les Jones was an English rugby league player for the St. Helens club in the English Rugby Football League Championship competition. His position of choice was at . Only one player, Tom van Vollenhoven, has scored more than his 282 tries for the St...
, and Alf Ellaby
Alf Ellaby
Alf Ellaby was an English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s. He was born in Liverpool. A , he remains the English national team's all-time top try-scorer and became the highest try scorer in the game's history with 446 tries until overtaken by Brian Bevan in 1954...
) who have scored more than his 240 tries for the club.
In retirement, he stayed in St. Helen's, working as an English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and PE
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
teacher, and later became deputy head at two local secondary schools. Llewellyn died in St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000, part of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census...
, in 2002.