| Richard Lawson | |
| Full Name: | Richard Gordon Lawson |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Cockermouth, England |
| Death Place: | Workington, England |
| School: | St Bees School |
| University: | Thomas Lawson (brother) |
| Position: | Back row |
| Repyears1: | 1925 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Richard Gordon Lawson (8 October 1898 – 3 January 1961) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Lawson was born in Cockermouth and educated at St Bees School.[2]
A forward, Lawson was the elder brother of rugby player Thomas Lawson, with whom he featured in the back row of the scrum in matches for Workington and Cumberland.[2]
Lawson gained his solitary England cap against Ireland at Twickenham in the 1925 Five Nations.[3]