Richard Bond (14 December 1883 – 25 April 1955) was an English

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who played

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. He was

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eight times by

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and spent the vast majority of his playing career at

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where he played more than 300 games.

Club playing career

Preston North End

Born in

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, England, Bond started his career with the

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before he signed professional forms with Preston North End in August 1902. He was part of Preston's Division Two championship winning team in

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. Two years later, he was a regular, as the club were

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runners-up.

Bradford City

Bond joined

in May 1909 for a £950 fee, a record fee for Preston at the time. Bond represented City during the most successful spell in its history. But he missed out on the club's 1911 FA Cup triumph because he was suspended after using improper language at Woolwich Arsenal. He had scored two goals in three appearances earlier in the cup run. In total he played 301 league games, scoring 60 goals, all in the top flight. He also represented the club in 32

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games scoring 12 times. He was selected in City's team of the millennium in 1999 by former Telegraph & Argus sports reporter David Markham. He served with the Bradford Pals during the

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before returning to City in 1919. He was appointed club captain in 1920. But the side were relegated in 1921–22 prompting his transfer to

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Blackburn Rovers

Bond played for Blackburn for one season before his final move to Lancaster Town in August 1923 for one last season. He retired in 1924 but returned to play for Garstang Town two years later. His total league career brought him 96 goals in 473 league appearances. He became a publican before he died in Preston aged 71.

International career

Bond made his first international appearance for

while at Preston on 25 February 1905 against

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. He won a total of eight caps, scoring twice, both against Ireland in 1906.

Honours

Preston North End *

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Personal life

Bond's football career was interrupted by the

. He was serving as a sergeant in the

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when he was taken

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in July 1916. He was repatriated on 18 November 1918 and more than two years after it had finished, he laid a commemorative wreath at the

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in London before

's game with Arsenal on 1 January 1921. After his retirement from football, Bond ran a

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and later became a

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lican.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Dicky 1883 births 1955 deaths Preston North End F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players English Football League players English footballers England international footballers English Football League representative players Lancaster City F.C. players Association football outside forwards Royal Artillery soldiers British Army personnel of World War I West Yorkshire Regiment soldiers World War I prisoners of war held by Germany British World War I prisoners of war Footballers from Preston, Lancashire