Richard Herron
{{Short description|English footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Richard Herron
| image =
| birth_date = 1890
| birth_place = Durham, England
| death_date = 19 September {{Death year and age|1918|1890}}{{CWGC|id=273230|accessdate=29 October 2019}}
| death_place = Aisne, France
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = | clubs1 = West Stanley |caps1 = |goals1 =
| years2 = 1910–1915 | clubs2 = Stoke |caps2 = 44 |goals2 = 0
}}
Richard Herron (1890 – 19 September 1918) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.{{Cite book |title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City |last=Matthews |first=Tony |publisher=Lion Press |year=1994 |isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}
Career
Herron was born in Durham and began his career with non-league West Stanley. He moved to Stoke in 1910 who at the time were playing in the Southern League and began a useful back up to first choice Bert Gadsden. He played in 20 matches in 1914–15 as Stoke won the Southern Football League Division Two title and were able to gain re-election to the Football League and Herron was tipped to become a fine goalkeeper. However, World War I was declared and Herron joined the Army. He was killed in action in France in 1917.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-world-war-one-2199915 |title=The heroic and tragic stories of the 21 names Stoke City honoured in Remembrance |last=Smith |first=Peter |date=9 November 2018 |website=stokesentinel |access-date=29 October 2019}}
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:West Stanley F.C. players
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:British military personnel killed in World War I
Category:Sherwood Foresters soldiers
Category:Military personnel from Durham, England