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Key Facts

Full name
Edward Llewellyn

Known as
Ted Llewellyn

Born
3 February 1909

Died
20 January 2002 (aged 92)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 111d
Last game: 26y 216d

Height and weight
Height: 189 cm
Weight: 89 kg

Senior clubs
Geelong; North Melbourne

Jumper numbers
Geelong: 8
North Melbourne: 26

Recruited from
Geelong (1932)

Ted Llewellyn

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
GeelongV/AFL1929-193138230.6155%15.20—3.332
North MelbourneV/AFL1932-193550310.6226%14.67—5.006
V/AFL1929-193588540.6139%15.00—4.178
Total1929-193588540.6139%15.00—4.178

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 3,560th player to appear, 2,791st most games played, 1,966th most goals kickedGeelong: 349th player to appear, 400th most games played, 270th most goals kickedNorth Melbourne: 157th player to appear, 281st most games played, 191st most goals kicked

Ted Llewellyn joined Geelong from Port Fairy and showed plenty of promise during a 38-game, 23-goal stint with the club between 1929 and 1931. Quite tall for the time at 189 cm he was extremely difficult to beat in the air, and also possessed plenty of flair and panache. He was Geelong's first ruckman, and one of its best players, in the losing Challenge Final of 1930 against Collingwood, but when he failed to gain a place in the following year's Grand Final team he requested, and was granted, a clearance to North Melbourne.

Over the course of the next four years he produced probably the best football of his career. Alternating between the ruck and centre half forward he was an imposing on-field presence, adding 50 games and 31 goals to his respective tallies. He captained North during the second half of his final league season (not 1934, as is sometimes wrongly stated).

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

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Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.