Peter "Pedro" Richards (11 November 1956 – 23 December 2001) was an English

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who played in defence for

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football, football club in Nottingham, England, which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of Football in England, English football, following promotion and relegation, promotion ...

. The son of a

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father and a Spanish mother, Richards was taken by his mother at an early age to Laguardia, Álava and lived there until the age of 11 when they moved to

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...

. Richards was taken on as an apprentice at County and signed professional for them in November 1974. He made 399 league appearances for County, his sole

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club.Caught in time: Notts County promoted to the First Division, 1981
/ref> He was a home crowd favorite particularly because of his sure tackling and consistency. Richards left County at the age of 29 and continued playing semi-professional football for

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club is known as 'the ...

, Oakham United, Corby Town and Arnold Town. He died in 2001 from a rare strain of

pneumonia Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...

Personal life

His son

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is also a footballer.'Phenomenal' Notts County youngster Jordan Richards would be prepared to extend Boston United stay
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References

1956 births 2001 deaths English men's footballers Notts County F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Corby Town F.C. players Footballers from the London Borough of Enfield People from Edmonton, London English people of Spanish descent Deaths from pneumonia in England Oakham United F.C. (Nottinghamshire) players Arnold Town F.C. players Men's association football defenders English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1950s-stub