| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Henry Richards[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1880 | ||
| Place of birth | Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England | ||
| Date of death | 1 November 1959 (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. † Appearances (Goals). |
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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 played in the 1903 FA Cup Final and helped Derby to the Second Division championship in 1912.
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][7]