Former Cowboys Wide Receiver Golden Richards Dies At Age 73 | The Sporting Base
[google-translator]

Former Cowboys wide receiver Golden Richards dies at age 73

February 25, 2024

Former Cowboys wide receiver Golden Richards dies at age 73

According to Sean Leahy of Yahoo! Sports on Saturday, former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Golden Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah passed away on Friday at the age of 73. The cause of death was congestive heart failure.

Richards played 86 National Football League games from 1973 to 1979. He had 122 catches for 2136 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns. Richards had single season career highs in receiving yards (467) and touchdown catches (five) in 1974.

Richards’s single season career high in catches came in 1978, when he shared his time with the Cowboys and Bears. Richards had 28 catches that season, as he had 27 catches with the Cowboys and one with the Bears. That season, he was traded from the Cowboys to the Bears for a fifth round pick in the 1979 NFL Draft and a third round pick in the 1980 NFL Draft.

Richards was part of the Cowboys team that won the 1978 Super Bowl. At the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Cowboys beat the Denver Broncos 27-10 in Super Bowl XII. Richards closed out the scoring with a 29-yard touchdown catch from Cowboys running back Robert Newhouse of Rochester, Minnesota for the only scoring in the fourth quarter. Richards finished the game with two catches for 38 yards.

In the later stages of his career, Richards suffered some injuries. On November 26, 1978, while delivering a block on a 65-yard Walter Payton touchdown catch in a 14-3 Cowboys win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Richards had a serious knee injury. Payton is our sixth best player in NFL history. Then in 1980, Richards signed with the Denver Broncos, but never played because of another injury before the season began.


Fill In The Form Below To Receive Our NFL News, Previews & Tips For Free!

Tell Us What You Think Below

FREE: Flemington Tip Sheet & Staking Plan: Saturday 19th July

Saturday Metropolitan racing in Victoria heads to Flemington for 9 races with the first to commence at 12:05pm local time The track is currently rated as a soft 5 Expect this track to remain Read More

Rosehill Best Selection & Value Play 19/7

Sydney racing heads to Rosehill today Our analyst likes a Baker 5yo coming off an unlucky 2nd in the Winter Challenge feature and a Lees speedster getting a great map as the value play Best Read More

July 19, 2025

NRL: Bulldogs Vs Dragons - Stats, Insights & Our Tips

Each of the Bulldogs' last five NRL matches has gone UNDER the total match points line We have put together a full list of essential insights that will help you bet on H2H, match points & Read More