Dai Richards Football player

David "Dai" Richards (31 October 1906 – 1 October) was a Welsh professional footballer born in Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, who played as a wing half. He made nearly 350 appearances in the Football League playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brentford, Birmingham and Walsall. With Wolverhampton Wanderers he won the championship of the Second Division in the 1931–32 season. He also won 21 full caps for Wales. He died in Yardley, Birmingham, aged 62.His brother Billy also played for Wolves as well as for Coventry City, Fulham and Brighton & Hove Albion, making one appearance for Wales in December 1932.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Richards David Thomas
Birth dateOctober 31, 1906
Birth place
Abercanaid , Merthyr Tydfil , Wales national football team
Date of deathOctober 01, 1969
Place of death
Birmingham

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