| Les White | |
| Fullname: | Leslie Llewellyn White |
| Birth Date: | 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Wales |
| Death Date: | December 1973[1] |
| Club1: | Pontypridd |
| Year1start: | 1926 |
| Year1end: | 2? |
| Club2: | Hunslet |
| Teama: | Wales |
| Yearastart: | 1928 |
| Yearaend: | 33 |
| Appearancesa: | 7 |
| Triesa: | 0 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 0 |
| Teamc: | Great Britain |
| Yearcstart: | 1932 |
| Yearcend: | 33 |
| Appearancesc: | 8 |
| Triesc: | 0 |
| Goalsc: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsc: | 0 |
| Pointsc: | 0 |
| Yeardstart: | 1942 |
| Appearancesd: | 0 |
| Triesd: | 0 |
| Goalsd: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsd: | 0 |
| Pointsd: | 0 |
| Retired: | yes |
| Source: | [2] [3] [4] |
Leslie Llewellyn White (1906 – December 1973) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Wales, England, and at club level for Pontypridd and Hunslet, as a, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.[2] [5] Les White was also a lance corporal in the British Army during World War II.[6] [7]
White joined Hunslet from Pontypridd in January 1928.[8]
White played in Hunslet's 8–2 victory over Leeds in the Championship Final during the 1937–38 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938.[9]
White won seven caps for Wales from 1928 to 1933 while at Pontypridd and Hunslet, won a cap for England while at Hunslet in 1933 against Australia,[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1932 Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), and in 1933 Australia (2 matches).[4]
Only four rugby league footballers have played initially for Wales, and then subsequently for England, they are; Emlyn Jenkins, Gus Risman, Jim Sullivan and Les White. However the England matches that these four played in have now been reclassified as Great Britain by the Rugby League Record Keepers Club so these England caps have now been struck from the record.
White played for Northern Command XIII against a Rugby League XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942.[6] Coincidentally, he played alongside another Les White.
White was the landlord of the St. Helens Inn public house, Whitehouse Street, Hunslet, Leeds during the 1930s,[10] and the Moorhouse Inn public house, Moor Crescent, Hunslet, Leeds during the 1940s.[11]
