Pedro Richards

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Pedro Richards
Personal information
Full name Peter Richards
Date of birth (1956-11-11)11 November 1956
Place of birth Edmonton, London, England
Date of death Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Place of death Nottingham, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1986 Notts County[1] 399 (5)
1986–1987 Boston United 17 (0)
Oakham United
Corby Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter "Pedro" Richards (11 November 1956 – 23 December 2001) was an English footballer who played in defence for Notts County.

The son of a Black British father and a Spanish mother, Richards was taken by his mother at an early age to Laguardia, Álava and lived there until the age of 11 when they moved to Nottingham.[2] Richards was taken on as an apprentice at County and signed professional for them in November 1974.[3] He made 399 league appearances for County, his sole Football League club.[4]

Richards left County at the age of 29 and continued playing semi-professional football for Boston United, Oakham United and Corby Town.[5] He died in 2001 from a rare strain of pneumonia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Notts County players
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Times Obituary
  3. ↑ B.J. Hugman, Rothmans Football League Players Records The Complete A-Z 1946-1981, 1981, p. 472
  4. ↑ Caught in time: Notts County promoted to the First Division, 1981
  5. ↑ Profile on Boston United site


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