Richard Baugh Jr. (6 March 1896 – 3 August 1972) 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 for both

Black Country The Black Country is an area of England's West Midlands. It is mainly urban, covering most of the Dudley and Sandwell metropolitan boroughs, with the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall and the City of Wolverhampton. The road between Wolverhampto ...

clubs,

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

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club (), commonly known as West Brom or The Albion, is a professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the Englis ...

. He was the son of

Dickie Baugh Richard Baugh (14 February 1864 – 14 August 1929) was an English footballer who spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he played in three FA Cup finals (one as captain). Dick Baugh was a teak–tough full� ...

who also represented the former. Baugh began his career with the

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-based Stafford Road before joining

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in August 1918. With league football suspended due to

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until the following year, he had to wait until 18 October 1919 to make his debut, in a 0–1 defeat to Bury. He battled for his spot in defence with Jackery Jones over his first seasons, but played every round of the club's route to the 1921 FA Cup Final. However, Baugh was injured in the weeks leading up to the game and missed their defeat to

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. With Jones having retired at the end of the season, Baugh made the spot his own and was a near ever-present over the next season and-a-half until suffering injury. Baugh remained on the club's books until June 1924 when he moved to their rivals

after making 120 appearances in total for Wolves. He made his Albion debut in February 1925 in a First Division match against

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England. They currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English footbal ...

. In May 1929 he joined

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third level of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

, before a transfer to

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...

in January 1932. He remained with Kidderminster until his retirement from football in April 1936. He died in 1972.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baugh, Dickie 1896 births 1972 deaths Footballers from Wolverhampton English men's footballers English Football League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Stafford Road F.C. players Men's association football defenders 20th-century English sportsmen