Bert Llewellyn
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herbert Arthur Llewellyn | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Golborne, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | 8 September 2016 (aged 77) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Everton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1958 | Everton | 11 | (2) |
| 1958–1960 | Crewe Alexandra | 96 | (47) |
| 1960–1963 | Port Vale | 88 | (42) |
| 1963 | Northampton Town | 1 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 | Walsall | 17 | (6) |
| 1965–1968 | Wigan Athletic | 115 | (96) |
| Total | 327 | (192) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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 on 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 summer 1965. He spent three seasons with the "Latics", bagging 140 goals in 185 games as the club won a succession of minor trophies.
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 went on to play nine further league games for Everton, without finding the net. Under the stewardship of Ian Buchan, the club finished 15th in the First Division in 1956–57, and then 16th in 1957–58.
He signed with Crewe Alexandra in July 1958.Harry Ware's "Railwaymen" finished 18th in the Fourth Division in 1958–59, and then 14th in 1959–60. In two years at Gresty Road, Llewellyn scored 51 goals in 96 league games.
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