About Bert Llewellyn
Lived 1939 – 2016 (aged 77). Bert Llewellyn was a British association football player.
Herbert Arthur Llewellyn (5 February 1939 – 8 September 2016) was an English footballer. A centre-forward, he scored 114 goals in 239 league and cup appearances in a nine-year career in the Football League.
He began his career at Everton in May 1956 and played eleven top-flight games before moving on to Crewe Alexandra in July 1958. He proved a prolific signing, hitting 51 goals in 96 league games, before he was sold to Port Vale for a £7,000 fee in November 1960. He was sold to Northampton Town for £7,000 in February 1963 but soon found himself without a club after breaking his leg 11 minutes into his "Cobblers" debut. He returned to the game with Walsall in February 1964 before he signed with Cheshire County League side Wigan Athletic in the summer of 1965. He spent three seasons with the "Latics", bagging 140 goals in 185 games as the club won a succession of minor trophies.
Career Llewellyn signed his first senior contract with Everton in May 1956. He scored on his "Toffees" debut, a 2–0 win over Blackpool at Goodison Park on 22 August, and scored another goal three days later in a 2–2 draw at home to Bolton Wanderers.
He signed with Crewe Alexandra in July 1958.
He joined Norman Low's Third Division Port Vale for a £7,000 fee in November 1960. He scored on his debut in a 1–0 victory over Barnsley at Vale Park on 12 November. He formed a solid partnership with Harry Lyon, and hit 57 goals in 57 games in his first season at Springfield Park, as the "Latics" finished as the league's runners-up in 1965–66.
Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
1956–57 First Division
1957–58 First Division
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1958–59 Fourth Division
1959–60 Fourth Division
1960–61 Fourth Division
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1960–61 Third Division
1961–62 Third Division
1962–63 Third Division
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1962–63 Third Division
1963–64 Second Division
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1963–64 Third Division
1964–65 Third Division
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115!!96!!0!!0!!70!!44!!185!!140
328!!193!!19!!13!!77!!48!!424!!254
Honours Wigan Athletic Cheshire League Cup: 1966 Lancashire Junior Cup: 1966 Liverpool Non-League Senior Cup: 1966 & 1967 Lancashire Floodlit Cup: 1967 Northern Floodlit League Championship: 1967 Northern Floodlit League Cup: 1967
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Bert Llewellyn was born on 5 February 1939 in Golborne.
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Bert Llewellyn died on 8 September 2016.
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Bert Llewellyn was an association football player.
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