Golden Richards
John Golden Richards
Born: December 31, 1950
Salt Lake City, UT USA
Deceased: February 23, 2024
Position: WR
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 181
College: Hawaii, BYU
High School: Granite (South Salt Lake, UT)
Career: 1973-1979
Drafted: 1973 in Round 2, #46 overall by the Dallas Cowboys
Golden Richards played from 1973 to 1979 during his career with the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys. Richards caught 122 passes for 2,136 yards and 17 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 53 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 26 | 467 | 18.0 | 58 | 5 |
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 21 | 451 | 21.5 | 62 | 4 |
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 19 | 414 | 21.8 | 56 | 3 |
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 225 | 13.2 | 50 | 3 |
| 1978 | NFL Chicago Bears | 27 | 379 | 14.0 | 52 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 52 | 1 |
| Totals | 122 | 2136 | 17.5 | 62 | 17 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 21 | 139 | 6.6 | 46 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 28 | 288 | 10.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Totals | 62 | 501 | 8.1 | 46 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1973 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 9 |
| 1977 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 15 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 5 | 0 |
