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Name	Lewis Thomas Richards
Born	15 March, 1923 Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	8 May, 2017 (aged 94) Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education *	Collingwood Technical School (Melbourne) (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Australian Rules player (1941-1955) Victoria, Australia publican (1955-1965) Victoria, Australia radio sports broadcaster (1956-1965) Victoria, Australia sports writer (1956-1965) Victoria, Australia television sports broadcaster (1960-2008) Victoria, Australia
Awards	King of Moomba (Melbourne) (recipient, 1981) Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1981) Australian Football Hall of Fame (inductee, 1996) Sport Australia Hall of Fame (inductee, 2008)
Key Organisations *	3CV radio station (Melbourne) (co-owner)
Workplaces *	3DB radio station (Melbourne) (sports broadcaster) Channel 9 TV station (sports broadcaster, ?-2008) Melbourne Water (employee) Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne) newspaper (sports writer) Collingwood Football Club (Vic) (player, 1941-1955) 3XY radio station (Melbourne) (sports broadcaster, 1955) Argus (Melbourne) newspaper (sports writer, 1956)

* Dates are approximate

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