Sammy Llewellyn

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Sammy Llewellyn
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Llewellyn in 1979
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-12-24) 24 December 1951 (age 72) [1]
Place of birth Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Essex (T&T)
1979 Los Angeles Aztecs 4 (0)
International career
1972–76 Trinidad and Tobago 45 (35 [2] )
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Noel "Sammy" Llewellyn (born 24 December 1951) is a former Trinidad and Tobago international football player. [3] He played as a forward. [4]

He played most of his career in Trinidad and Tobago whilst working in the dock area of Port of Spain. In 1976, he was banned by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for asking for financial compensation due to not being able to attend his work at the dock, and later being injured in the build up to a game. [2] Llewellyn was on the Trinidad and Tobago team at the 1975 Pan American Games. [5]

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References

  1. "NASL-Sammy Llewellyn".
  2. 1 2 "Money is Not Everything | Trinidad & Tobago Football History".
  3. "Noel Llewellyn profile at FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  4. "1979 Media Guide". Los Angeles Aztecs. p. 20 via SportsArchive.
  5. "Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details". RSSSF . Retrieved 26 April 2020.