Stanley Verdun Richards (21 January 1917 – 19 April 1987) was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international.
Although he was born in Cardiff, Stan Richards began his career playing amateur football in London before joining his hometown team in 1946.
He made his professional debut on the opening day of the season at the age of 29,[1] scoring Cardiff's goal during a 2–1 defeat to Norwich City, and went on to score thirty league goals which was a club record for 56 years before it was broken by Robert Earnshaw in the 2002–03 season.
[2] It was during his time at Cardiff that he won his only cap for Wales in a match against England on 13 November 1946 in the 1947 British Home Championship.
[3] The following season he suffered a spate of injuries which restricted his appearances and, despite scoring 40 times in just 57 games, he was allowed to re-join former manager Billy McCandless at Swansea Town.