Dai Richards

Dai Richards

Personal information
Full name	David Thomas Richards
Date of birth	(1906-10-31)31 October 1906
Place of birth	Abercanaid, Wales
Date of death
Place of death	Yardley, Birmingham, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Riverfield
–	Bedlinog
1925–1927	Merthyr Town	0	(0)
1927–1935	Wolverhampton Wanderers	219	(5)
1935–1937	Brentford	55	(0)
1937–1939	Birmingham	62	(2)
1939–1945	Walsall	3	(0)
1945–19??	Sedgley
International career
1931–1938	Wales	21	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dai Richards (31 October 1906 – 1 October 1969) was a Welsh professional footballer born in Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, who played as a wing half. He made nearly 350 appearances in the Football League playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brentford, Birmingham and Walsall. With Wolverhampton Wanderers he won the championship of the Second Division in the 1931–32 season. He also won 21 full caps for Wales. He died in Yardley, Birmingham, aged 62.

His brother Billy also played for Wolves as well as for Coventry City, Fulham and Brighton & Hove Albion, making one appearance for Wales in December 1932.