About Vic Richards
Lived 1911 – 1983 (aged 71). Vic Richards was an Australian rugby union player.
Victor Richards (3 September 1911 — 20 June 1983) was an Australian rugby union international.
Educated at Randwick Boys High School, Richards received his lifelong nickname of "Shirts" during his schoolboy years, coined on account of the fact his father ran a men's mercery business. He left school at age 15.
Richards, a Coogee junior, was a halfback with considerable speed off the mark, whose career was beset by injuries. He was on the abandoned 1939–40 tour of Britain with the Wallabies and retired in 1940 on doctor's advice due to a chronic throat ailment.
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Who was Vic Richards?
rugby player
When was Vic Richards born?
Vic Richards was born on 3 September 1911.
When did Vic Richards die?
Vic Richards died on 20 June 1983.
What was Vic Richards's occupation?
Vic Richards was a rugby union player.
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Vic Richards was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Vic Richards. https://biography.guide/vic-richards/
MLA: "Vic Richards." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/vic-richards/.
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