Don’t convene AFTER this year’s Presentations for CHRIST’S Sake.CONVENE NOW and Give the MAN what most SANE FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS BELIEVE what he TRULY DESERVES.
on ya Grassy - knew it wasn’t all black and red blood in those veins but a little common sense as well. It’s more his contribution to football after his playing days that count. I still reckon the 70/80’s with Peter Landy and Lou Richards was great - these 2 would put the moronic commentators we have now to shame!!!
Personal information
Birth 15 March 1923 (1923-03-15) (age 86), Collingwood, Victoria
Height and weight 170 cm, 73 kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1941, Collingwood vs. , at
Team(s) Collingwood (1941-55)
250 Games
¹ Statistics to end of 1955 season
Career highlights
Collingwood Captain 1952-55
Collingwood premiership side 1953
Collingwood leading goalkicker 1944, 1948, 1950
Victorian representative (3 games, 9 goals)
Post-playing career
Once Richards retired from football he began managing Melbourne hotels of which the most famous was the Phoenix Hotel in Flinders Street. Ever at his side, Edna helped manage the hotel where ‘journos’ from the nearby Herald and Weekly Times were regulars especially on Two-up Tuesdays and for the infamous Phoenix Olympics.
Richards also began a long career in the media, beginning as a sport journalist for The Argus and later The Sun News-Pictorial where he gained the nickname of “Louie the Lip”. He was a very popular commentator on both radio and television with his great mate Jack Dyer. He also appeared on the popular World of Sport program. In the 1990s and 2000s, he made regular appearances on both The Footy Show and the Sunday Footy Show. He is currently involved in handing out sponsors’ prizes and continues to liven up the set with his classic humour and running of “Lou’s Handball”, a handball game between two AFL players. Some running jokes on the show include his send up of Telefunken electronic products.
As a football tipster, Richards was known as a Kiss of Death and regularly backed-up his tips with famous dares: “I’ll cut Teddy Whitten’s lawn with nail scissors” or “I’ll jump off St Kilda pier.”
1972, saw Richards appointed Court Jester to King of Moomba Johnny Farnham; he followed this by becoming King of Moomba himself in 1981.
In 1996 Lou Richards was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
In 2004, due to his Greek heritage, Lou Richards was named captain of the Greek Team of Century.
Richards was devastated, in 2005, when his beloved Edna had to be admitted into care with Dementia, “I miss being with my wife all the time. We went down the street together, went to the football together. I haven’t got her now… I go and see her but its not the same.”
On Saturday 8 March 2008, Lou’s beloved wife Edna died. She was 87 years old.
His Show LEAGUE TEAMS on Thursday Night set the scene for a Light Hearted look at Footy amongst the Seriousness of it all.
With “CAPTAIN BLOOD"JACK DYER and The GEELONG FLYER"BOB DAVIS”,LOU and the Boys HAMMED IT UP each week with an Assortment of Gags and other Shennanigans,which Sadly,I only saw a Portion of.
It would be MOST FITTING if the one handing LOU his LEGEND STATUS came from BOB.JACK will have to watch Upstairs to appreciate the 1 AWARD a COLLINGWOOD Man TRULY DESERVES.And leave the Forked Comb and Pick and Shovel at Home,Jack.
It would MOST ADVISABLE for the AFL to HURRY UP on this.Leave it TOO LATE and you May as ALL RESIGN!
Were the PANNAMS the GREEK Connection,KR?ALBERTand CHARLIE Snr and Jnr?
His Show LEAGUE TEAMS on Thursday Night set the scene for a Light Hearted look at Footy amongst the Seriousness of it all.
With “CAPTAIN BLOOD"JACK DYER and The GEELONG FLYER"BOB DAVIS”,LOU and the Boys HAMMED IT UP each week with an Assortment of Gags and other Shennanigans,which Sadly,I only saw a Portion of.
It would be MOST FITTING if the one handing LOU his LEGEND STATUS came from BOB.JACK will have to watch Upstairs to appreciate the 1 AWARD a COLLINGWOOD Man TRULY DESERVES.And leave the Forked Comb and Pick and Shovel at Home,Jack.
It would MOST ADVISABLE for the AFL to HURRY UP on this.Leave it TOO LATE and you May as ALL RESIGN!
Were the PANNAMS the GREEK Connection,KR?ALBERTand CHARLIE Snr and Jnr?
on ya Grassy - knew it wasn’t all black and red blood in those veins but a little common sense as well. It’s more his contribution to football after his playing days that count. I still reckon the 70/80’s with Peter Landy and Lou Richards was great - these 2 would put the moronic commentators we have now to shame!!!
Personal information
Birth 15 March 1923 (1923-03-15) (age 86), Collingwood, Victoria
Height and weight 170 cm, 73 kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1941, Collingwood vs. , at
Team(s) Collingwood (1941-55)
250 Games
¹ Statistics to end of 1955 season
Career highlights
Collingwood Captain 1952-55
Collingwood premiership side 1953
Collingwood leading goalkicker 1944, 1948, 1950
Victorian representative (3 games, 9 goals)
Post-playing career
Once Richards retired from football he began managing Melbourne hotels of which the most famous was the Phoenix Hotel in Flinders Street. Ever at his side, Edna helped manage the hotel where ‘journos’ from the nearby Herald and Weekly Times were regulars especially on Two-up Tuesdays and for the infamous Phoenix Olympics.
Richards also began a long career in the media, beginning as a sport journalist for The Argus and later The Sun News-Pictorial where he gained the nickname of “Louie the Lip”. He was a very popular commentator on both radio and television with his great mate Jack Dyer. He also appeared on the popular World of Sport program. In the 1990s and 2000s, he made regular appearances on both The Footy Show and the Sunday Footy Show. He is currently involved in handing out sponsors’ prizes and continues to liven up the set with his classic humour and running of “Lou’s Handball”, a handball game between two AFL players. Some running jokes on the show include his send up of Telefunken electronic products.
As a football tipster, Richards was known as a Kiss of Death and regularly backed-up his tips with famous dares: “I’ll cut Teddy Whitten’s lawn with nail scissors” or “I’ll jump off St Kilda pier.”
1972, saw Richards appointed Court Jester to King of Moomba Johnny Farnham; he followed this by becoming King of Moomba himself in 1981.
In 1996 Lou Richards was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
In 2004, due to his Greek heritage, Lou Richards was named captain of the Greek Team of Century.
Richards was devastated, in 2005, when his beloved Edna had to be admitted into care with Dementia, “I miss being with my wife all the time. We went down the street together, went to the football together. I haven’t got her now… I go and see her but its not the same.”
On Saturday 8 March 2008, Lou’s beloved wife Edna died. She was 87 years old.
Wikipedia....
The best commentator I have heard is unquestionably Frank Sparrow.
Don’t convene AFTER this year’s Presentations for CHRIST’S Sake.CONVENE NOW and Give the MAN what most SANE FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS BELIEVE what he TRULY DESERVES.
LEGEND STATUS!
NOW!
Grassy surely you think Billy Walker should get legend status before Lou Richards?
Don’t convene AFTER this year’s Presentations for CHRIST’S Sake.CONVENE NOW and Give the MAN what most SANE FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS BELIEVE what he TRULY DESERVES.
LEGEND STATUS!
NOW!
Grassy surely you think Billy Walker should get legend status before Lou Richards?
Why? Whats he done outside of footy? Louie the Lip has been an icon for years and years and has done a hell of a lot for the sport once he finished playing.
Don’t convene AFTER this year’s Presentations for CHRIST’S Sake.CONVENE NOW and Give the MAN what most SANE FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS BELIEVE what he TRULY DESERVES.
LEGEND STATUS!
NOW!
Grassy surely you think Billy Walker should get legend status before Lou Richards?
Why? Whats he done outside of footy? Louie the Lip has been an icon for years and years and has done a hell of a lot for the sport once he finished playing.
I think legend status is for there playing career, and not life after football, now coming from a Subiaco man Billy Walker was ten times the footballer that Lou Richards was, and this is not an anti Lou thing, Billy Walker was one of the best rovers that australian football has ever seen. dare I say it even better than Barry Cable in my opinion.
Don’t convene AFTER this year’s Presentations for CHRIST’S Sake.CONVENE NOW and Give the MAN what most SANE FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS BELIEVE what he TRULY DESERVES.
LEGEND STATUS!
NOW!
Grassy surely you think Billy Walker should get legend status before Lou Richards?
Why? Whats he done outside of footy? Louie the Lip has been an icon for years and years and has done a hell of a lot for the sport once he finished playing.
I think legend status is for there playing career, and not life after football, now coming from a Subiaco man Billy Walker was ten times the footballer that Lou Richards was, and this is not an anti Lou thing, Billy Walker was one of the best rovers that australian football has ever seen. dare I say it even better than Barry Cable in my opinion.
Absolutely and that is why I’m saying that with Lou’s 250 games etc and his 20-30 years in the media that he does deserve Legend status (even though I think this hall of fame thing is crap anyway)
It is based on outside your football life - look at Carey and Ablett Sr!!! Great footballers, bad outside footy lifestyle has restricted their approval to “legend” status
Don’t hold ya breath KR, because he doesn’t merit, and won’t get, “legend” status.
No wait.......... on second thoughts, do hold ya breath - for say, 2 days.
I was going to suggest you count to 1 million, but then remembered you are a Muggies supporter, and wouldn’t get past 10.
Why do you think he won’t get it?
The whole hall of fame/legends thing is crap anyway, just another excuse for the big wigs to throw a party and have another piss up.
Everyone has their own opinions on legends etc
Don’t convene AFTER this year’s Presentations for CHRIST’S Sake.CONVENE NOW and Give the MAN what most SANE FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS BELIEVE what he TRULY DESERVES.
LEGEND STATUS!
NOW!
Grassy surely you think Billy Walker should get legend status before Lou Richards?
Why? Whats he done outside of footy? Louie the Lip has been an icon for years and years and has done a hell of a lot for the sport once he finished playing.
I think legend status is for there playing career, and not life after football, now coming from a Subiaco man Billy Walker was ten times the footballer that Lou Richards was, and this is not an anti Lou thing, Billy Walker was one of the best rovers that australian football has ever seen. dare I say it even better than Barry Cable in my opinion.
I won’t enter the debate as to who was the better - Walker or Richards because I saw a lot of Walker, but little of Richards. One thing I am certain of in my mind, is that Walker was a superior rover to Cable. I reckon Billy had more guts and was never afraid of putting his well being on the line. Cable however was a little more selective as to when he would put his body on the line.
on ya Grassy - knew it wasn’t all black and red blood in those veins but a little common sense as well. It’s more his contribution to football after his playing days that count. I still reckon the 70/80’s with Peter Landy and Lou Richards was great - these 2 would put the
dont need to put his record up. WTF are these idiots doing. he’s a walk up start. on ya lou.
losing his marbles now, hope it happens now he can appreciate it
moronic commentators we have now to shame!!!
Personal information
Birth 15 March 1923 (1923-03-15) (age 86), Collingwood, Victoria
Height and weight 170 cm, 73 kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1941, Collingwood vs. , at
Team(s) Collingwood (1941-55)
250 Games
¹ Statistics to end of 1955 season
Career highlights
Collingwood Captain 1952-55
Collingwood premiership side 1953
Collingwood leading goalkicker 1944, 1948, 1950
Victorian representative (3 games, 9 goals)
Post-playing career
Once Richards retired from football he began managing Melbourne hotels of which the most famous was the Phoenix Hotel in Flinders Street. Ever at his side, Edna helped manage the hotel where ‘journos’ from the nearby Herald and Weekly Times were regulars especially on Two-up Tuesdays and for the infamous Phoenix Olympics.
Richards also began a long career in the media, beginning as a sport journalist for The Argus and later The Sun News-Pictorial where he gained the nickname of “Louie the Lip”. He was a very popular commentator on both radio and television with his great mate Jack Dyer. He also appeared on the popular World of Sport program. In the 1990s and 2000s, he made regular appearances on both The Footy Show and the Sunday Footy Show. He is currently involved in handing out sponsors’ prizes and continues to liven up the set with his classic humour and running of “Lou’s Handball”, a handball game between two AFL players. Some running jokes on the show include his send up of Telefunken electronic products.
As a football tipster, Richards was known as a Kiss of Death and regularly backed-up his tips with famous dares: “I’ll cut Teddy Whitten’s lawn with nail scissors” or “I’ll jump off St Kilda pier.”
1972, saw Richards appointed Court Jester to King of Moomba Johnny Farnham; he followed this by becoming King of Moomba himself in 1981.
In 1996 Lou Richards was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
In 2004, due to his Greek heritage, Lou Richards was named captain of the Greek Team of Century.
Richards was devastated, in 2005, when his beloved Edna had to be admitted into care with Dementia, “I miss being with my wife all the time. We went down the street together, went to the football together. I haven’t got her now… I go and see her but its not the same.”
On Saturday 8 March 2008, Lou’s beloved wife Edna died. She was 87 years old.
I got no Problem with BILLY or FRANK being contenders for LEGEND STATUS boys.But more than just COLLINGWOOD Supporters are urging the AFL to reconsider their stance on LOU,before it is TOO LATE.
It should be possible to at least fit LOU in the Merdia Category,alongside ALF BROWN and/or HEC DE LACY.Memory’s a bit Rusty,but one of those 2 are at least HALL of FAMERS.
Sorry guys but Lou Richards does not deserve or meet the criteria to be a legend of AFL football.
If he is to somehow become one because he is frail now then Ablett senior, Wayne carey, leigh Mathews etc must be given instant admission.
Lou has been great for football but he is not a legend of the game in my view.
Why were the cry’s of make him a legend 10 years ago??????
It would be a nice feel good story which is what the AFL is all about but it won’t happen and neither should it because it devalues the players that are given legend status.
Sorry guys make any case you want but he simply was not good enough, I could name 10 blokes off the top of my head in the WAFL that were better players and some of them are not even in the AFL hall of fame.
