Ken Rickards (footballer)

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Ken Rickards
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Rickards[1]
Date of birth (1929-03-22)22 March 1929[1]
Place of birth Middlesbrough,[1] England
Date of death 7 October 2018(2018-10-07) (aged 89)[2]
Place of death Middlesbrough, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1943–1945 Middlesbrough Wesley
1946–1947 Middlesbrough Park
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1950 Hull City 0 (0)
1950 Darlington 8 (0)
Stockton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Rickards (22 March 1929 – 7 October 2018) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Darlington, in non-league football for Stockton,[1][3] and was on the books of Hull City without playing first-team football. He played youth football for teams in his native Middlesbrough, and represented the North Riding of Yorkshire in the English Counties (16–18) League.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. ^ "Click here to view the tribute page for Ken RICKARDS".
  3. ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Sports gossip". Daily Mail. Hull. 21 February 1950. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.