Dean Richards RIP

Clint Planet · February 27, 2011

Just dreadful. I'm irritated to see the Beeb call him an ex-Spurs player. He put a bigger shift in at Wolves and also played for a couple of other teams.

I really can't imagine how his family is feeling right now.

Rest easy, lad.

ricardobee · February 27, 2011

that's terrible, way too young to go.

RIP Dean

TX Bill · February 27, 2011

What was the cause of death? I don't recall seeing anything specific in the article other than a "long illness."

THFC6061 · February 27, 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.