Complex sentence: Tom Walsh was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, and 1910s, playing at club level for Hunslet., as a, i.e. number 8, during the era of contested scrums.
Split into simpler sentences: Tom Walsh was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, and 1910s. He played at club level for Hunslet., as a, i.e. number 8, during the era of contested scrums.