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Gordon Rickards
Personal information
Full name Sydney Gordon Rickards
Date of birth(1884-04-12)12 April 1884
Date of death 6 January 1948(1948-01-06) (aged 63)
Original team(s) Korumburra
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1903–05 St Kilda 33 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1905.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sydney Gordon Rickards (12 April 1884 – 6 January 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 747. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.


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