Leonard "Len" Charles Trump (23 April 1887 - 9 June 1948) was a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 international rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player, who later switched to professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

. He played amateur club rugby predominantly for Newport and played county rugby for Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire County RFC

Monmouthshire County RFC is a Welsh rugby union club that manages an invitational team, known as Monmouthshire that originally played rugby at county level...

, and as a professional joined Hull Kingston Rovers

Hull Kingston Rovers

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Personal history

Born in Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...

, Wales in 1887, Trump was part of an impressive sporting family. His brother-in-law was fellow Welsh interantional George Travers

George Travers (rugby player)

George "Twyber" Travers was a Welsh international hooker who played club rugby for Pill Harriers and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 25 caps for Wales between 1903 and 1911....

, whose son Bunner Travers

Bunner Travers

William 'Bunner' Travers was a international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa. Travers played club rugby for Newport RFC and was the son of George Travers, also a Wales international.-References:...

 also represented Wales. Trump represented his country during World War I, joining the Royal Artillery. He worked for a potato merchant.

Rugby union career

Trump first came to note as a rugby player when he represented Pill Harriers RFC

Pill Harriers RFC

Pill Harriers RFC are a Welsh rugby union club based in Newport in South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons..-Club origins:...

, a hard Monmouthshire docklands team who were a strong feeder club for Newport. Trump followed many past player, when he left the Harriers for Newport,becoming a regular forward member. During the 1911/12 season, he is recorded as being 'often outstanding' for the club. Trump made his debut for Wales on 20 January 1912 against England as part of the Five Nations Championship

1912 Five Nations Championship

The 1912 Five Nations Championship was the third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirtieth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union...

. Trump would play in all four matches of the tournament, which saw home victories over Scotland and France, but loses away to England and Ireland.