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Collingwood legend and media entertainer Lou Richards has died at the age of 94.
Richards passed away peacefully on Monday in his nursing home.
He was Collingwood captain from 1952 to 1955, leading the side to a premiership in 1953 and was the leading goalkicker in 1944, 1948 and 1950.
The former champion cashed in a 250-game career to become a newspaper columnist and radio and television personality like no other.
He was renowned for his witty observations and quick retorts, and in turn had to cop plenty of good-natured ribbing from his media colleagues, who were aware that his confident, even brash "on air" persona belied a vulnerable streak of self-doubt.
Richards was born in tough surrounds and circumstances in Collingwood. It shaped his "alley cat upbringing".
Richards' father, Bill, an electrician, went broke in the depression and the family relied on the "two quid a week" earned by his mother, Irene, a boot machinist at a shoe factory. Bill drowned in Gippsland on his son's 21st birthday.
Richards played for Collingwood for 15 years, kicking 423 goals. He also wore the Big V in 1947 and 1948.
Richards passed away peacefully on Monday in his nursing home.
He was Collingwood captain from 1952 to 1955, leading the side to a premiership in 1953 and was the leading goalkicker in 1944, 1948 and 1950.
The former champion cashed in a 250-game career to become a newspaper columnist and radio and television personality like no other.
He was renowned for his witty observations and quick retorts, and in turn had to cop plenty of good-natured ribbing from his media colleagues, who were aware that his confident, even brash "on air" persona belied a vulnerable streak of self-doubt.
Richards was born in tough surrounds and circumstances in Collingwood. It shaped his "alley cat upbringing".
Richards' father, Bill, an electrician, went broke in the depression and the family relied on the "two quid a week" earned by his mother, Irene, a boot machinist at a shoe factory. Bill drowned in Gippsland on his son's 21st birthday.
Richards played for Collingwood for 15 years, kicking 423 goals. He also wore the Big V in 1947 and 1948.
