Max Richardson (born 24 December 1948) is a former

Australian rules 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 ...

footballer who played for

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

during the 1970s before finishing his career at

Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of Fitzroy, the club was a member of the Vi ...

. The younger brother of Wayne, Collingwood recruited Richardson from

Western Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

club South Fremantle and went on to captain the club in 1977. He usually played as a ruck rover or on the half back line.

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* 1948 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Collingwood Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club players South Fremantle Football Club players Western Australian State of Origin players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub