Universal Love Lou Richards passes away (all tributes to the legend)

[left at home]

R.I.P LOU
Grew up with on world of sport, and as the kiss of death in the hun.
great of the game on and off the field, not just at collingwood.
Just a ripping bloke. will be sadly missed by all.
cannot replace people like him

 

[Kappa]

Made it to 94, brilliant life.

 

[Black Flag]

Vale.

 

[Black_White]

Robbo, yes that Robbo, pointed out on 360 tonight that Lou started kiss of death at the HS, well the Sun, back in 1956.
Last weekend the HS tipping was won by...Kiss Of Death!

 

[Stewart66]

this show was the best, and how good was the intro.
RIP Lou, you entertained us in so many ways

Mike Sheahan as usual got it wrong ...said Whitten & Barassi are Legends of the game

Richards Dyer Davis took the game to the media , would not have TV rights today if it was it not For these 3 guys

RIP Lou.

 

[ColinWood]

Vale the Great Lou Richards. Thanks for everything. The heart and soul of a true son of Collingwood. R.I.P

 

[Jafo]

RIP Louie Lip. You are Collingwood Forever!

 

[TheDarkDwarf]

RIP Lou. You were an icon of our game, and you will be sadly missed. Gave so much to Football in every facet, should have been made a Legend of the game ages ago.

 

[ThexderX]

Is he turning in his grave yet?

Too soon?

 

[barrackers]

 

[Pie eyed]

Lou Richards personifies everything I remember about footy as a child, the sound, the colour (aptly black and white) even the smell.
A huge part of our game died today, an even larger part of of club and it's history.
Vale Lou.

 

[Garlic muncher]

His generation is all but gone.

A generation that grew up in inner working class suburbs in Melbourne, children of the great depression who lived in poverty most of us will never know, surrounded in Collingwood by pubs, factories and the pollution that came with it, crime, sly groggers, SP bookies at every hotel, gangs of kids from big families who wreaked havoc around the area who couldn't afford to look after them and before WW2 basically no jobs.

There was a couple of ways out, football, crime or try to join the services.

Or alternatively stay and get a job in the boot factories.

 

[Nice n Crispy]

Just quietly, nice to see some of the boys paying tribute as well

 

[legendstatus]

Loved him all my life, from HSV7 days to the last few years, proud to say I meet him and what a true gentleman he was.

No one bigger in the game before, present and ever!

R.l.P Louie.


Sent from my warped mind

 

[jathanas]

Everybody dies but not everybody lives. Lou lived a great life. RIP

 

[thylacine60]

Broke the mold after this bloke. Vale Louie. He was all the good things about the Pies and footy.

 

[gab213]

R.I.P Louie,

The whole football world mourns the loss os the greatest ever personality in football in this town. A true champion in every sense.

Condolences to his family and all those associated with the Collingwood Football Club, long may he live in our memories.

 

[Bombermania]

My thoughts are with the Pies family, Lou Richards was a great, a word that is often overused but he was, 250 games, a premiership captain and 400+ goals as a rover in an era when rovers didn't kick that many, and his post footy career laid the foundations of today's football media, yet he was always humble and remained a passionate Pie.

 

[Blue Warrior]

Sad day for football. Not only a Pies legend but a legend of football what great character he was absolute star of the media. RIP Louie.

 

[Kick It 2 Me]

The man, the legend, the captain, the entertainer.

Row that bathtub to heaven Louie.

Deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

 

[Raging Blue]

Thanks for all the great memories. An amazing personality & entertainer.

Hope channel 7 or 9 do a documentary over the next few days.

Part of the greatest football family dynasty. 1200 games over 3 generations.

RIP Louie

 

[Mkcaptain]

I might need to get the Herald Sun tomorrow

 

[nahnah]

ahh damn, I loved watching Lou's handball on a Sunday arvo while having lunch back in 2010.

 

[Gungadin]

Lou, the king of World of Sport on Sunday. I loved on Club Corner when he would present the coaches their gift bag of Patra Orange Juice, Leg Ham and other assorted crap, and tell a quick gag. League Teams on a Thursday night (with his recipe of the week). I always remembered grabbing the The Age green guide to see if the pies were match of the day on the telly. When Mike Williamson and Lou Richards were the commentators our game was special. Ahh the memories. Thanks Lou, you were a one in a million. RIP

 

[SchuPie]

Thank you, Lou.
Thank you for so many memories and a love of football.
RIP