Mick Richardson

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

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| fullname = John Mettham Richardson{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=rich01 |title=Mick Richardson |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=29 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054340/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=rich01 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| birth_date =December 1872

| birth_place = Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

| death_date = 10 July 1920 (age 47)

| death_place = Lincoln, LincolnshireEngland & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

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| position = Centre half / left half

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| years1 = – | clubs1 = St Catherines (Lincoln) | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1892–1896 | clubs2 = Lincoln City | caps2 = 64 | goals2 = 6

| years3 = 1896–1897 | clubs3 = Gainsborough Trinity | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = – | clubs4 = Constitutional Club (Lincoln) | caps4 = | goals4 =

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John Mettham Richardson (December 1872 – 10 July 1920) was an English footballer who made 72 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City and Gainsborough Trinity. He played as a centre half or left half.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=220 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}

Richardson was the eldest child of Clark Richardson and Mary Ann (née Mettham), who married in February 1872. He married Lucy Brown in 1897.England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 They had a daughter, Lottie Florence Richardson, in 1898. He later worked as a metal machinist before his death at age 47.1911 England Census