# Len Richards
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{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Len Richards
| image =
| fullname = Leonard George Richards[{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=160 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}}]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|4|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Barry](/source/Barry%2C_Vale_of_Glamorgan), Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|12|27|1911|4|13|df=y}}
| death_place = [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Wales), Wales
| height =
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [Full back](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1931–1932
| clubs1 = [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.)
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1932–1933
| clubs2 = [Cardiff City](/source/Cardiff_City_F.C.)
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1933–1935
| clubs3 = [Dundalk](/source/Dundalk_F.C.)
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1935–1938
| clubs4 = [Dundee](/source/Dundee_F.C.)
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 1938–1939
| clubs5 = [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.)
| caps5 = 33
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1935
| nationalteam1 = [League of Ireland XI](/source/League_of_Ireland_XI)
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Leonard George Richards''' (13 April 1911 — 27 December 1985) was a Welsh professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [full back](/source/Defender_(association_football)). He played in the [Football League](/source/English_Football_League) for [Cardiff City](/source/Cardiff_City_F.C.) and [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.) and in Ireland and Scotland for [Dundalk](/source/Dundalk_F.C.) and [Dundee](/source/Dundee_F.C.).
==Career==
Richards, a Welsh schoolboy international,[{{cite web |url=http://www.dundalkfcwhoswho.com/player.php?id=101 |title=Len Richards |website=dundalkfcwhoswho.com |access-date=3 December 2018}}] began his career with [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.) but was unable to break into the club's first team and left in 1932 having made no appearances. He joined [Cardiff City](/source/Cardiff_City_F.C.) and was handed his professional debut in October 1932 in a match against [Luton Town](/source/Luton_Town_F.C.) in which Cardiff suffered an 8–1 defeat. He remained with the club until the end of the season but made no further appearances before being released.