Alf Ellaby
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Personal information
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| Full name | Alfred Henry Ellaby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1902 Prescot, Merseyside, England |
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| Died | 1993 (aged 90–91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: saints.org.uk, wigan.rlfans.com, englandrl.co.uk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alf Ellaby (24 November 1902 — 1993) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1920s, and 1930s. A wing three-quarter back, he retired as the English national team's and St. Helens' all-time top try-scorer. Also a Great Britain and Lancashire representative player, Ellaby was dubbed the "Hat-trick King", with 31 for his home-town club, St. Helens. He was Liverpool's first rugby league superstar.
Born in Liverpool, Ellaby He saw a promising Association football career with Rotherham United ended by a knee injury before going on to become a St. Helens legend.
Ellaby played on the wing and scored a try in St. Helens' 10-2 victory over St Helens Recs in the 1926 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1926–27 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 20 November 1926. He scored 50 tries during the 1926–27 season. Ellaby won caps for England while at St. Helens in 1927 against Wales, in 1928 against Wales (2 matches), in 1930 Other Nationalities, in 1931 against Wales, in 1932 against Wales (2 matches), and in 1934 against France. He also won caps for Great Britain in 1928 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches).
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