Ken Rickards (footballer)
Kenneth Rickards (22 March 1929 – 7 October 2018) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Darlington, in non-league football for Stockton,[1][3] and was on the books of Hull City without playing first-team football. He played youth football for teams in his native Middlesbrough, and represented the North Riding of Yorkshire in the English Counties (16–18) League.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Rickards[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1929[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough,[1] England | ||
| Date of death | 7 October 2018 (aged 89)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1943–1945 | Middlesbrough Wesley | ||
| 1946–1947 | Middlesbrough Park | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1950 | Hull City | 0 | (0) |
| 1950 | Darlington | 8 | (0) |
| – | Stockton | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
References
- Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
- https://funeral-notices.co.uk/national/death-notices/notice/rickards/4624956
- "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- "Sports gossip". Daily Mail. Hull. 21 February 1950. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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