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George Richards (Southern League footballer)

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Playing position
  
Forward

Team
  
Apps

1911–1913
  
Bristol Rovers

Years
  
Team

Apps
  
(Gls)

Position
  
Forward

Place of birth
  
Pill, Somerset, England

George Richards was a professional association footballer who played in the Southern League for Bristol Rovers prior to the First World War.

Richards was originally from Pill, near Bristol, and joined Bristol Rovers in 1911. He scored ten times in 28 league games, playing in both the Centre Forward and Inside Left positions during a spell that ended in 1913, and was the club's joint top goalscorer with Billy Peplow in the 1911–12 season.

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George Richards (Southern League footballer) Wikipedia