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Dean Richards RIP

ISawLeaburnScore
ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
edited February 2011 in Other Football and Sports
Unbelievable really, a decade ago almost to the day he was bought for £8.1m by Spurs.

36 years young. No age at all.

Condolences to the family and BCFC.
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  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,117
    Blimey. RIP
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,862
    Christ that is unbelievable. RIP.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,125
    Bloody tragic loss at 36. Far too young.
    Will never forget his debut for us. 3 up at HT against Man Utd with him scoring. Oh how it changed after the break.

    Wasnt the greatest centre-half we've seen at Spurs over the years but he always gave us 100% and thats all you can ask.

    RIP Deano.
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    RIP
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,926
    RIP
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,804
    Just read this on the beeb. Amazed he was only 36.

    Was a player I always wanted us to sign.

    RIP
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    Terrible news, very sad.
    RIP
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,057
    Gives us all a bit of perspective. RIP.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Very sad news. RIP
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,155
    Tragic
    RIP

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  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/8349412/Dean-Richards-dies-aged-36.html
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    RIP
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,674
    Sad. RIP.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,359
    Rest in peace big man

    Very sad
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Rip


    like clem I always wanted us to sign him and I believe we were close once
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,874
    remember seeing him have an immense game for Wolves against us at the valley (I think he scored the winner) and thinking I'd love us to sign him

    R.I.P
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    I am shocked to hear this. Bumped into him in a hotel in Southampton just before he signed for them. He was a charismatic figure and stood out in the bar like a sore thumb. Never really realised his rich potential.
  • cafcdan18
    cafcdan18 Posts: 3,664
    RIP

    Was very shocked to read this. Only 36- tragic.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,271
    I think this is really sad. Like anyone to go long before their time. Wrong.

    May your god look after you young man. X
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,016
    That's really sad. I remember him being a decent player - and also remember the "ear infection" blackout thing and thinking it a bit odd and might be something more serious.

    I noticed that none of the reports say what he actuallhy died of - anyone know? Not that it matters too much of course, a loss of life is a loss of life, but normallhy reports give you that sort of info and these don't. Just interested really - know a couple of people that uffer dizzy spealls and am wondering if this might be more serious than originally thought.

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  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    edited February 2011
    I agree off_it with your concerns and yes there is an air of mystery surrounding the whole tragedy, right from when he was advised to not play anymore

    From what I have read on the matter there is no publicised illness/cause of death in a tangible 'put a name to it sense' - it may be unidentified as such or it may be being withheld on his family's wishes I don't know. I would expect more to emerge in the coming weeks.

    Apparently at the time of his retirement he was advised there could be pressure on the brain, perhaps a cancerous tumour, but I have read that all scans for such a tumour were negative.

    In a horrible way I think an inability to have such a grave thing explained is what is so striking about this tragedy. Not for a second to belittle the grief of those we lose to a car crash or to cancer, but then the family has an explanation. With deaths such as these, sudden death syndrome and other almost silent killers there must be an almost overwhelming desperation not just to know why but how.
  • THFC6061
    THFC6061 Posts: 495
    edited February 2011
    Everyone at Tottenham Hotspur was saddened to hear of the death of our former player Dean Richards, who passed away this morning at the age of 36 after a long-term battle with serious illness.

    Dean started his career at Bradford City and then moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers before establishing himself in the Premier League with Southampton.

    The centre-half joined the Club from Southampton in September 2001 and made an immediate impact by scoring on his Spurs debut against Manchester United at White Hart Lane.

    In total the former England Under-21 defender went on to play 81 games in our colours and scored four goals before being forced to retire at the age of 30 on medical grounds.

    There will be a tribute paid to the defender ahead of our fixture next Sunday at Molineux against his former club Wolves.

    We extend our sincere condolences to the family of Dean Richards at this very sad time.
  • sansi56
    sansi56 Posts: 16
    RIP
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,718
    Very sad indeed.

    Gary Doherty and Johnnie Jackson probably knew him at Tottenham so a thought for them too in losing an old clubmate.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Nice bloke by all accounts, according to a Bradford fan that knew him quite well....sad loss at just 36. RIP
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,271
    Well the Sky tribute had me welling up. Sad. Nice tribute by Wolves/spurs.
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    And me,respect was given perfectly
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,016
    Did they say "what" he actually died of Curb_it?

    Just find it amazing that a fit sportsman near the top of his game can just suddenly become "seriously ill" and nobody seems to know why. Maybe we're not supposed to know - in which case I would respect his family's wishes and just shut up - but am just a bit puzzled really. Not to mention concerned.
  • CAFCdamo
    CAFCdamo Posts: 1,692
    RIP
    so sad
    condolences to his wife and kids
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    truely astonishing the level of respect shown today what a difficult thing to get right

    dont say this very often but well done spuds and wolves

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