For the American musician, see Lou Richards (Hatebreed). For the American actor, see Lou Richards (actor).
Australian rules footballer, born 1923
Australian rules footballer
Lou Richards
Personal information
Full name
Lewis Thomas Charles Richards
Nickname(s)
Lou, Louie the Lip
Date of birth
(1923-03-15)15 March 1923
Place of birth
Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Date of death
8 May 2017(2017-05-08) (aged 94)
Place of death
Windsor, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)
Abbotsford
Height
170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight
73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
1941–1955
Collingwood
250 (423)
Representative team honours
Years
Team
Games (Goals)
Victoria
3 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Career highlights
Collingwood premiership captain 1953
All-Australian Team of the Year 1947, 1948
Collingwood leading goalkicker 1944, 1948, 1950
Collingwood captain 1952–1955
Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 1996
Collingwood Hall of Fame, inducted 2004
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Lewis Thomas Charles "Lou" RichardsMBE (15 March 1923 – 8 May 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played 250 games for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1941 and 1955. He captained the team from 1952 to 1955, including a premiership win in 1953. He later became a hotel manager and a highly prominent sports journalist in print, radio and television for more than 50 years, and he was known for his wit and vivacity. [1]
^"'Lay a wreath' for Lou Richards, Collingwood president Eddie McGuire says". ABC News. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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term for choking when it is done by Collingwood. The term was coined by LouRichards, and it is a play on the words "Collingwood" and "collywobbles" (a state...
debate; having only won one and drawn one of its last six Grand Finals. LouRichards ceremoniously buried the Colliwobbles at Victoria Park after the club's...
winning the Herald Sun and The Age Footballer of the Year Awards, the LouRichards Medal, the AFL Coaches' Association 'Champion Player of the Year' Award...
generosity, LouRichards recalled on The Sunday Footy Show a time when Wren asked Richards how much he was paid the week prior. When Richards replied "a...
win the medal with 24 votes. In 2006, he won the Sunday Footy Show's LouRichards award for best player as voted by Channel 9's football commentators....
awards Australian Football Media Association Player of the Year Geoff Christian Medal Herald Sun Player of the Year LouRichards Medal Merv Agars Medal...
Rules Football: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 (C) Jim Stynes Medal: 2003 LouRichards Medal: 2007, 2008 Herald Sun Player of the Year: 2008 Archer–Hird Medal:...
prominently in several media best and fairest awards, including winning the LouRichards Medal and the Herald Sun Player of the Year, and was considered a realistic...
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