Gordon Richards

Sir Gordon Richards (5 May 1904 – 10 November 1986) was an English jockey who was the champion jockey 26 times. He is often considered one of the world's greatest jockeys. the third son of eight surviving children of coal miner Nathan and former dressmaker Elizabeth. They had three sons and a daughter. The daughter and one of the sons were twins, but the son only lived a few hours.

He published his autobiography, My Story, in 1955.

In his home county of Shropshire his feats were celebrated in Donnington with a pub, The Champion Jockey, named in his honour, and the 'Pinza Suite' in Telford Theatre (originally Oakengates Town Hall which he officially opened in 1968), named after his winning horse. The public house, demolished 2009, has not survived. On the site of his birthplace in Ivy Row, Donnington, have been built the apartment blocks Gordon House and Richards House in Cordingley Way, which were officially opened by Richards in 1975.