Career
He scored four goals in five minutes for against West Ham United at Upton Park on 7 November 1931, a record that is still in the Guinness Book of Records. In the 1935-1936 season, he scored 39 goals, which is still the West Brom record for top scorer in the top division of the English football league. Richardson was the nephew of English cricketer, Tom Richardson.
In 2004, he was named as one of "s 16 greatest players, in a poll organised as part of the club"s 125th anniversary celebrations.