George Richards (English footballer)

This article is about the Derby County player. For the Bristol Rovers player, see George Richards (Southern League footballer).
George Richards
Personal information
Full name George Henry Richards[1]
Date of birth (1880-05-10)10 May 1880
Place of birth Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England
Date of death 1 November 1959(1959-11-01) (aged 79)
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
? Castle Donington Juniors
? Whitwick White Cross
1901–1914 Derby County 284 (33)
National team
1909 England 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


George Richards (10 May 1880 – 1 November 1959[2][3]) was an English footballer who played as a wing half (and sometimes inside left) in the Football League with Derby County in the 1900s and 1910s.[4] His final game for Derby came on 7 February 1914.[5]

He was born in Castle Donington, Leicestershire[1][6] and played for local teams before signing for First Division side Derby County in the 1901-02 season.[4] He went on to make 284 Football League appearances for Derby, scoring 33 times.[4] He was a member of the Derby team that were runners-up in the 1903 FA Cup Final.[7]

On 1 June 1909, Richards made his only appearance for England against Austria,[1] having been a reserve for the match against Scotland earlier that year. He also toured with the FA party in South Africa in 1910.[2]

He is not the same player as the Bristol Rovers footballer of the same era, who played for Rovers between 1911 and 1913.[5][8]

Honours

Derby County

References

  1. 1 2 3 englandstats.com profile
  2. 1 2 Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
  3. ↑ "England's Players - Radford to Rutherford". England Football Online. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  5. 1 2 Gerald Mortimer, Derby County: A Complete Record 1884-1988
  6. ↑ Profile at englandfc.com
  7. ↑ "England Players and the Cup: F.A. Challenge Cup Finalists". England Football Online. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Mike Jay, Bristol Rovers: The Definitive History 1883-2003. See the talk page for more details
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