Pedro Richards
English footballer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Richards | ||
| Date of birth | (1956-11-11)11 November 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Edmonton, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 23 December 2001(2001-12-23) (aged 45) | ||
| 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) |
| 1991–1992 | Arnold Town | 10 | (0) |
| Oakham United | |||
| Corby Town | |||
| Total | 426 | (5) | |
| *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] He was a home crowd favorite particularly because of his sure tackling and consistency.
Richards left County at the age of 29 and continued playing semi-professional football for Boston United, Oakham United, Corby Town[5] and Arnold Town.[6] He died in 2001 from a rare strain of pneumonia.[2]
Personal life
His son Jordan is also a footballer.[7]
References
- ^ Notts County players
- ^ a b "Times Obituary". Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- ^ B.J. Hugman, Rothmans Football League Players Records The Complete A-Z 1946-1981, 1981, p. 472
- ^ Caught in time: Notts County promoted to the First Division, 1981
- ^ Profile on Boston United site
- ^ "The All New Arnold Who, The Eagles A-Z". Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ 'Phenomenal' Notts County youngster Jordan Richards would be prepared to extend Boston United stay[permanent dead link]
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Notts County F.C. – Player of the Year
- 1965: G. Smith
- 1966: Bates
- 1967: Gibson
- 1968: K. Smith
- 1969: Masson
- 1970: Needham
- 1971: Stubbs
- 1972: Bradd
- 1973: Brown
- 1974: Masson
- 1975: Brindley
- 1976: O'Brien
- 1977: Mann
- 1978: Vinter
- 1979: McManus
- 1980: Hunt
- 1981: Masson
- 1982: McCulloch
- 1983: Avramović
- 1984: Chiedozie & Christie
- 1985: Richards
- 1986: Benjamin
- 1987: Yates
- 1988: Pike
- 1989: Withe
- 1990: Turner
- 1991: Short
- 1992: Cherry
- 1993: D. Smith
- 1994: Turner
- 1995: Murphy
- 1996: Murphy
- 1997: Redmile
- 1998: G. Jones
- 1999: Richardson & Ward
- 2000: Dyer
- 2001: Stallard
- 2002: Allsopp
- 2003: Stallard
- 2004: Richardson
- 2005: Richardson
- 2006: Pipe
- 2007: Edwards
- 2008: Pilkington
- 2009: Hamshaw
- 2010: Davies
- 2011: Bishop
- 2012: Judge
- 2013: Liddle
- 2014: Sheehan
- 2016: Stead
- 2017: Milsom
- 2018: Tootle
- 2019: No award
- 2020: Rawlinson
- 2021: Rodrigues
- 2022: Palmer
- 2023: Langstaff
- 2024: J. Jones
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