Dai Richards
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Thomas Richards | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Abercanaid, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 1 October 1969 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Yardley, Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Riverfield | ||
| – | Bedlinog | ||
| 1925–1927 | Merthyr Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1927–1935 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 219 | (5) |
| 1935–1937 | Brentford | 55 | (0) |
| 1937–1939 | Birmingham | 62 | (2) |
| 1939–1945 | Walsall | 3 | (0) |
| 1945–19?? | Sedgley | ||
| National team | |||
| 1931–1938 | Wales | 21 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dai Richards (31 October 1906 – 1 October 1969) 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.
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