Pedro Richards

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	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

1. Notts County players
2. "Times Obituary". Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
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^{[dead link‍]}
5. Profile on Boston United site
6. "The All New Arnold Who, The Eagles A-Z". Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
7. 'Phenomenal' Notts County youngster Jordan Richards would be prepared to extend Boston United stay^{[permanent dead link‍]}