Richard "Ricky" Sharp (born 26 January 1956) was a Scottish professional

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who is best known for his time with

Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently compete in the after winning the 2022–23 Scottish League One title. Dunfermline play at ...

and

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Football career

Sharp joined Rangers on 6 April 1974 from Bargeddie Amateurs. He made one appearance for the club during a

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match against Hibernian, on 10 August 1974. Sharp was substituted (replaced by Jim Denny), with Rangers losing 0–3 at half time and he never played for the club again. He moved on to Morton shortly afterwards. On 17 January 1976, Sharp left Morton and joined

before moving on to St Mirren eighteen months later in September 1977. Sharp had subsequent spells with

and

East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins can b ...

respectively.

Later career

Sharp retired from professional football in 1982 and joined

Strathclyde Police Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, Glasgow City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, ...

Personal life

Sharp has one older brother (Andrew) and one younger brother, former Everton and

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striker Graeme.

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