Ken Rickards (footballer)

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]

Ken Rickards

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Rickards[1]
Date of birth	22 March 1929[1]
Place of birth	Middlesbrough,[1] England
Date of death	7 October 2018 (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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References

1. 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. https://funeral-notices.co.uk/national/death-notices/notice/rickards/4624956
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.