Dai Richards
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Full name
David Thomas Richards[1]
Date of birth
31 October 1906
Place of birth
Abercanaid, Wales
Date of death
1 October 1969 (aged 62)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Thomas Richards[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Abercanaid, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 1 October 1969 (aged 62)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Yardley, England[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4] | ||
| Position | Left half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1924–1925 | Riverfield | ||
| 1925–1926 | Bedlinog | ||
| 1926–1927 | Merthyr Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1927–1935 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 219 | (5) |
| 1935–1937 | Brentford | 55 | (0) |
| 1937–1939 | Birmingham | 62 | (2) |
| 1939–1945 | Walsall | 3 | (0) |
| 1945–19?? | Sedgley | ||
| International career | |||
| 1931–1938 | Wales | 21 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Thomas Richards (31 October 1906 – 1 October 1969) was a Welsh professional footballer who made over 210 appearances as a left half in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1][5] He also played league football for Birmingham and Brentford and won 21 caps for Wales.[6] He is one of only two players to have been on the winning side against England for Wales four times (goalkeeper Bert Gray is the other). Richards appeared in the victories in 1933, both victories in 1936 and in 1938.[7]
Richards' brother Billy also played in the Football League and was capped by Wales.[8] Richards died in Yardley, Birmingham in 1969, at age 62.[3]
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