Richard Duckworth (6 June 1906 – 9 April 1983) was an English football player and manager.

Playing career

Duckworth was a utility player and began his career with Castleton Juniors, subsequently moving on to

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

, Manchester United,

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic be ...

, Chesterfield,

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris ...

, Chester,

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

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 ...

. At York, he was captain when the team reached the sixth round of the

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Managerial career

Duckworth began his managerial career as player-manager with non-league Newark Town. After working as a coach with Chesterfield, he moved to manage

in March 1950. His last game as York's manager was against

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport Co ...

on 18 October 1952, who he had agreed to join three days earlier, and took up their managerial duties following the game. After four years with the club, he joined Darlington and later Scunthorpe United. During his time at Scunthorpe he steered the club to its highest-ever league finish of 4th in Division Two in 1962. However, the club were relegated two years later, and Duckworth was sacked after a bad start to the following season. It proved to be his last role in club management. He died in

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in 1983, aged 76.

Family

Duckworth was the son of professional footballer Dick Duckworth, who spent the majority of his career with Manchester United, and the nephew of fellow professional Dick Crawshaw, who played in the Football League with Manchester City,

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and

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Honours

As a player

Chesterfield * Third Division (North) Title winner:

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Chester City *Welsh Cup winner: 1933

As a manager

Stockport County *Cheshire Bowl winner: 1952–53, 1955–56

Managerial statistics

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