Richard Geaves Explained

Richard Geaves
Fullname:Richard Lyon Geaves
Position:Outside left
Birth Date:6 May 1854
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Death Place:Yateley, Hampshire[1]
Clubs1:Clapham Rovers
Clubs2:Old Harrovians
Nationalyears1:1875
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalteam1:England

Richard Lyon Geaves (6 May 1854 – 21 March 1935) was a footballer who made one appearance for England in an international against Scotland, playing as England's outside left on 6 March 1875.[1]

He was born in Mexico. He attended multiple schools, including Harrow School, and attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He played for Clapham Rovers and Old Harrovians, joined the 14th Prince of Wales Yorkshire Regiment and became their captain six years later before he left them in 1881. He was the first Mexico-born player to represent England.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Geaves . England Football Online.
  2. Web site: A Mexican on the English national team . IFFHS . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307061146/https://iffhs.de/?3e1d08361d15a9774c8c03fcf80508 . 7 March 2012 . dead.