Lindsay Richards (27 March 1909 – 25 April 1992) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

East Fremantle East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

in the

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(WAFL) and

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in the

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(VFL). He is a member of the interchange bench in East Fremantle's official 'Team of the Century' which was announced in 1997. Originally from Boulder in the Goldfields League, Richards first played with East Fremantle in 1927 and by 1929 had established himself in the side. A centre half back, he played in premiership teams in 1929, 1930 and 1931. He won a

Sandover Medal The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League. The award was donated by Alfred Sandover M.B.E., a prominent Perth hardware merchant and be ...

in 1931 to become the first ever player from East Fremantle to claim the award. Richards joined South Melbourne in 1934 as one of many interstate recruits to the club during that period and he went on to play in three losing grand finals. Richards later served in the Australian Army during World War II.

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* * 1909 births Sydney Swans players East Fremantle Football Club players Sandover Medal winners Boulder City Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia 1992 deaths People from Boulder, Western Australia Australian Army personnel of World War II Military personnel from Western Australia {{AFL-bio-1909-stub