Lachlan Richards
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| 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}}
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External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=L/Les_Richards.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=lachlan%2Brichards/4862}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:North Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Road incident deaths in Kiribati
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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