Lou Richards

Lewis Thomas Charles Richards, known as Lou, lived from 15 March 1923 to 8 May 2017 and was an Australian rules footballer who played 250 games for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1941 and 1955. A rover who rested in the forward pocket, he came from a Collingwood family, captained the club from 1952 to 1955, led the team to the 1953 premiership and represented Victoria three times in State of Origin matches. After retiring he managed Melbourne hotels and became one of the best-known sports journalists in Australia, working in print, radio and television for more than fifty years under the nickname Louie the Lip. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.