Lachlan Richards

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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| name = Lachlan Richards

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| fullname = Lachlan Adrian Russell Richards

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|12|21|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1930|4|9|1900|12|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ocean Island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands

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| originalteam = Cowangie{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202327462 |title=LEAGUE FOOTBALL |newspaper=The Age |issue=22,770 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=29 March 1928 |page=5}}

| statsend = 1928

| years1 = 1928

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = 2 (1)

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Lachlan Adrian Russell Richards (21 December 1900 – 9 April 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=743}}

In 1930 Richards was working for the British Phosphate Commission on Ocean Island when he died after being hit by a runaway truck whilst waiting to return to Australia.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223704952 |title=Two Killed. Ocean Island Tragedy |newspaper=The Sun |issue=6065 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 April 1930 |accessdate=26 February 2021 |page=3|via=National Library of Australia}}