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Richard Danks (March 1865 – November 1929) was an English
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
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for
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...
and
Burslem Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...
.


Career

Danks played for
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...
and made three guest appearances for
Burslem Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...
whilst still at Wolves, including his debut on 14 January 1888 friendly with South Shore where he bagged two goals in a 2–2 home draw. He switched to the Vale permanently in the summer of 1888. He played regular football in the 1888–89 season, but after being appointed club secretary in October 1889 played only in emergency circumstances. He served as secretary until November 1893 and was released as a player at the end of the 1893–94 season. He had played 42 games (including one in the
Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third tier ...
, 19
friendlies An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the playe ...
, 15 in the Football Combination and four in the
Midland League The Midland Football League, officially known as the Capelli Sport Midland Football League since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midl ...
) and scored eight goals (five in friendlies, two in the Combination and one cup goals) for the club.


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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Danks, Dick 1865 births 1929 deaths Footballers from Bilston English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Port Vale F.C. players Midland Football League players English Football League players Port Vale F.C. non-playing staff 19th-century English sportsmen