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Ron Richards (ski Jumper)
Ron or Ronald Richards may refer to: * Ron Richards (boxer) (1910–1967), indigenous Australian boxer of the 1930s and 1940s * Ron Richards (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2013), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood * Ron Richards (footballer, born 1927), Australian rules footballer for Footscray * Ron Richards (producer) (1929–2009), British record producer, best known for discovering The Hollies * Ron Richards (ski jumper) (born 1963), Canadian ski jumper * Ronald Richards (bishop) (1908–1994), Australian Anglican bishop * Ronald Richards (lawyer), American lawyer * George Ronald Richards (1905–1985), known as Ron Richards, police officer and deputy director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation {{hndis, Richards, Ron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Richards (boxer)
Ron Richards (born Ranold;/Randell William Richards; 8 May 1910 – 14 January 1967, in Ipswich, Queensland) was an Indigenous Australian professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s who is considered one of the greatest fighters ever to come from Australia. He won many championship titles in Australia and fought 146 professional fights. He was seen as a serious contender for the world middle and light heavyweight championships. Life and career Richards studied at the local state school for Aboriginal children and worked cutting timber with his father at age 14. His family was exempt from the Aboriginal Protection Act (1897) and so were able to move around the Boonah district. They worked part of this time as share-croppers. His brother Maxie was also a very successful bantam-weight boxer. Richards started his career boxing in travelling shows like many other Aboriginal boxers, including his father who was a bareknuckle boxer. He then moved on to stadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Richards (footballer, Born 1928)
Ronald Arthur Richards (11 May 1928 – 20 September 2013) was an Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from Collingwood Technical School, as was his brother Lou, Ron Richards enjoyed a productive VFL career with Collingwood. He starred on a wing in the 1953 Grand Final defeat of Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ..., but he could also rove, and was known to be a fierce tackler in the backlines. He left the club to captain-coach the Metropolitan League's East Hawthorn, his team won the first 32 games he coached, including the 1957 premiership. He returned to Collingwood as coach of the under-19s in 1964. He would later coach the reserves and the seniors for two games. Richards served on the committ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Richards (footballer, Born 1927)
Ronald Allan Richards (2 December 1927 – 11 October 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes Ron has three children; Heather, Stuart and Geoffrey eight grandchildren; Renee, Rhiannon, Jarrod, Wynton, Jesse, Elise, Oscar, Poppy and two great grandchildren; Tessa and Zander. External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Ron 1927 births 2006 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players Maryborough Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Richards (producer)
Ron Richards (born Ronald Richard Pratley; 22 January 1929 – 30 April 2009) was a British record producer, manager and promoter, best known for discovering the Hollies.Lastingtribute.co.uk Early life Richards was born in London to Mary Lipscombe and an unknown Irish jockey, and was adopted at an early age. He became a proficient pianist as a child and, after being , played the and for the |
Ron Richards (ski Jumper)
Ron or Ronald Richards may refer to: * Ron Richards (boxer) (1910–1967), indigenous Australian boxer of the 1930s and 1940s * Ron Richards (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2013), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood * Ron Richards (footballer, born 1927), Australian rules footballer for Footscray * Ron Richards (producer) (1929–2009), British record producer, best known for discovering The Hollies * Ron Richards (ski jumper) (born 1963), Canadian ski jumper * Ronald Richards (bishop) (1908–1994), Australian Anglican bishop * Ronald Richards (lawyer), American lawyer * George Ronald Richards (1905–1985), known as Ron Richards, police officer and deputy director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation {{hndis, Richards, Ron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Richards (bishop)
Ronald Edwin Richards (25 October 1908 - 18 November 1994) was an Australian Anglican bishop: the fifth Bishop of Bendigo from 1957 to 1974. Richards was born in Ballarat and educated at Ballarat High School. In 1929 he entered the University of Melbourne studying Arts, and was a resident student at Trinity College. He was ordained in 1933. After a curacy in Rokewood he was priest in charge at Lismore. During World War II he was a chaplain in the AIF. When peace returned he was Vicar of Warrnambool then Archdeacon of Ballarat until his ordination to the episcopate A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role .... References 1908 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia Anglican bishops of Bendigo Archdeacons of Ballarat Deans of Bendigo Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Richards (lawyer)
Ronald Neil Richards is a Beverly Hills, California based criminal defense and civil litigation attorney who has made national media appearances as a legal expert commentator. He was the first lawyer to be cited on California Proposition 215 (1996), the medical marijuana statute, and worked as a professor of law at the San Fernando Valley College of Law from 2006 to 2007. Since 2011 Richards has sat as a temporary judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court. Early and personal life Educated at Beverly Hills High School, he later gained a BA in Political Science at University of California, Los Angeles. While studying at the University of La Verne College of Law, he was elected Student Faculty Representative, and acted as advocate for students facing discipline. He also won the American Jurisprudence Award in bankruptcy. He also is an alumnus of the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and has a certificate of management. He is a lifelong resident of Beverly Hills, California and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |