Ken Richards
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Henry Llewellyn Richards | |||||
| Nickname | Ken | |||||
| Born | 29 January 1934 Bridgend, Wales |
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| Died | 8 January 1972 (aged 37) Bridgend, Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Fly-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1960–1961 | Bridgend RFC | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1960–1961 | Wales | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1961–1964 | Salford | |||||
| Source: scrum.com | ||||||
Kenneth "Ken" Henry Llewellyn Richards (born 29 January 1934 in Bridgend — died 8 January 1972 in Bridgend) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend RFC, playing at Fly-half, i.e. number 10, and at club level played rugby league (RL) for Salford.[1] Noted for his drop-goals, Ken Richards would often take penalties and conversions using the drop goal method rather than placing the ball, during September 1961 he scored a drop goal penalty against Doncaster from 55 yards (50 metres).[2]
[edit] International Honours
Ken Richards won caps for Wales (RU) while at Bridgend RFC in 1960 against South Africa, and in 1961 against England, Scotland, Ireland, and France.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
- ^ "The Willows: Salford Reds' field of dreams". menmedia.co.uk. 2010-12-31. http://menmedia.co.uk/oldhamadvertiser/sport/rugby_league/s/1407762_the_willows_salford_reds_field_of_dreams. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 2008-12-31. http://www.scrum.com/wales/rugby/player/6552.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
