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Pedro Richards
Personal information
Full name	Peter Richards
Date of birth	11 November 1956
Place of birth	Edmonton, London, England
Date of death	23 December 2001 (aged 45)
Place of death	Nottingham, England
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1986	Notts County
1986–1987	Boston United
1991–1992	Arnold Town
	Oakham United
	Corby Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter "Pedro" Richards (11 November 1956 – 23 December 2001) was an English footballer who played in defence for Notts County.

The son of a Black British 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.^[2] Richards was taken on as an apprentice at County and signed professional for them in November 1974.^[3] He made 399 league appearances for County, his sole Football League club.^[4] 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, Oakham United, Corby Town^[5] and Arnold Town.^[6] He died in 2001 from a rare strain of pneumonia.^[2]

Personal life

His son Jordan is also a footballer.^[7]

References

^ Notts County players
^ ^a ^b "Times Obituary". Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
^ B.J. Hugman, Rothmans Football League Players Records The Complete A-Z 1946-1981, 1981, p. 472
^ Caught in time: Notts County promoted to the First Division, 1981^{[dead link‍]}
^ Profile on Boston United site
^ "The All New Arnold Who, The Eagles A-Z". Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
^ 'Phenomenal' Notts County youngster Jordan Richards would be prepared to extend Boston United stay^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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