Who would have thought that a UCW (now UWA) graduate once turned down an offer of signing on at Arsenal F.C. Signed from Ardwyn as a schoolboy. Appearances: 141, Goals scored: 253. Debut: Scored twice past UCW in 1939.

Amateur signed player at Huddersfield Town FC. Ellis rejected a career in soccer with Arsenal in the 1947/48 season.

Won an amateur International Cap versus England in November 1947, scoring the opening goal for Wales.

Top goal-scorer in: 1947/48: (59)

“A thirty yard Ellis rocket electrified the 2000 crowd into a frenzy of jubilation.” The Cambrian News noting a spectacular goal versus Llanidloes in 1948/49. Former lecturer of the Ruskin college in Oxford. On his return in the Easter of 1950, Town netted 34 goals in 4 games, Ellis with 18 goals to his name.