updated death_date birth_date yearstart ru_goalsa first ru_yearend death_place club ru_triesa ru_teama ru_position name fullname birth_place yearend nickname ru_yearastart ru_fieldgoalsa source retired new ru_yearaend ru_appearancesa position ru_yearstart ru_pointsa article_title ru_club
27 may 2012 8 january 1972 -lrb- aged 37 -rrb- 29 january 1934 ≤ 1960 0 ru 61 bridgend , wales bridgend rfc 1 wales fly-half kenneth henry llewellyn richards kenneth henry llewellyn richards bridgend , wales 61 ken 1960 2 -lsb- http://www.scrum.com/wales/rugby/player/caps.html?team=4 scrum.com -rsb- yes yes 61 5 fly-half ≤ 1960 9 ken richards
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ken richards

kenneth `` ken '' henry llewellyn richards -lrb- 29 january 1934 -- 8 january 1972 -lrb- aged 37 -rrb- -rrb- born in bridgend , was a welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s , playing representative level rugby union -lrb- ru -rrb- for wales , and at club level for bridgend rfc , as a fly-half , i.e. number 10 , and playing club level rugby league -lrb- rl -rrb- for salford .
noted for his drop-goals , ken richards would often take penalties and conversions using the drop goal method rather than placing the ball , during september 1961 he scored a drop goal penalty against doncaster from 55 yards -lrb- 50 metres -rrb- , he died in bridgend .
