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- Sir David Gerald Richards (born 3 October 1943) was the chairman of the FA Premier League, member of the Football Association's (FA) Board, chairman of the FA's international committee, president of the European Professional Football Leagues organisation, chairman of UEFA's Professional Football Committee, and former chairman of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Richards was a director of companies involved in engineering, telecommunications and water and waste treatment, several of which entered administrative receivership or were dissolved. He became a director of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in October 1989 and chairman five months later, following the departure of the long serving Bert McGee. Richards was made chairman of the Premier League in 1999, and left Sheffield Wednesday shortly afterwards, with the club facing relegation from the Premiership. He succeeded Lord Pendry as chairman of the Football Foundation in March 2003, and left the post in October 2008. In March 2009, Richards was made Deputy Chairman of the England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid, a position he resigned that November. In the 2006 Birthday Honours, Richards was knighted for services to sport. (en)
- Sir Dave Richards (nascido em Walkley, Sheffield) é o presidente da Premier League, membro do conselho da Football Association, presidente do comitê internacional da FA, da European Professional Football Leagues, do Comitê de Futebol Profissional da UEFA e ex-presidente do Sheffield Wednesday. Richards foi um diretor de empresas envolvidas em engenharia de telecomunicações, água e tratamento de resíduos. Muitas dessas empresas entraram liquidação administrativa ou foram dissolvidas. Ele se tornou diretor do Sheffield Wednesday em outubro de 1989 e presidente cinco meses depois, após a saída de Bert McGee. Em 1999 foi feito presidente da Premier League e deixou Sheffield Wednesday pouco depois. (pt)
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- Sir David Gerald Richards (born 3 October 1943) was the chairman of the FA Premier League, member of the Football Association's (FA) Board, chairman of the FA's international committee, president of the European Professional Football Leagues organisation, chairman of UEFA's Professional Football Committee, and former chairman of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. In the 2006 Birthday Honours, Richards was knighted for services to sport. (en)
- Sir Dave Richards (nascido em Walkley, Sheffield) é o presidente da Premier League, membro do conselho da Football Association, presidente do comitê internacional da FA, da European Professional Football Leagues, do Comitê de Futebol Profissional da UEFA e ex-presidente do Sheffield Wednesday. (pt)
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