Geoff Richards
rugby union player · association football player · association football coach
- April 24, 1929 · Bilston
- May 8, 2014 · Wolverhampton
- 85 years
- pneumonia
About Geoff Richards
Geoff Richards, 85, English footballer (West Brom), pneumonia.
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Full Biography
|Geoffrey Mottram Richards (24 April 1929 – 8 May 2014) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.
Career
Born in Bilston, Richards played for West Bromwich Albion between 1943 and 1952, making three appearances for them in the Football League. He later played non-league football for Stafford Rangers, Atherstone Town, Bilston Town and Hednesford Town, where he was player-manager.
Later life and death
Richards died on 8 May 2014, at the age of 85.
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