Richard Hewitt (25 May 1943 – 11 October 2017) was an English

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. He played in

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for

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

and

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

. He won the

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Wembley Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in north-west Londo ...

in the 1973 FA Trophy Final, whilst finishing his playing career with

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. He later became a publican in the town. Hewitt died on 11 October 2017 at age 74.

References

1943 births 2017 deaths Footballers from West Yorkshire English footballers Association football midfielders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players York City F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players English Football League players Sportspeople from Scarborough, North Yorkshire {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub