Lachlan Richards

Lachlan Adrian Russell Richards (21 December 1900 – 9 April 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Lachlan Richards
Personal information
Full name Lachlan Adrian Russell Richards
Date of birth (1900-12-21)21 December 1900
Date of death 9 April 1930(1930-04-09) (aged 29)
Place of death Ocean Island
Original team(s) Cowangie[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1928 North Melbourne 2 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In 1930 Richards was working for the British Phosphate Commission on Ocean Island when he died after being hit by a runaway truck whilst waiting to return to Australia.[3]

Notes
  1. "LEAGUE FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 22, 770. Victoria, Australia. 29 March 1928. p. 5.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 743. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "Two Killed. Ocean Island Tragedy". The Sun. No. 6065. New South Wales, Australia. 19 April 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 26 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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