Dicky Bond
English footballer (1883-1955)
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::summary English footballer (1883-1955) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox football biography"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dicky Bond |
| fullname | Richard Bond |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Preston, England |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Preston, England |
| height | |
| position | Outside right |
| youthyears1 | –1901 |
| youthclubs1 | Royal Field Artillery |
| years1 | 1902–1909 |
| years2 | 1909–1922 |
| years3 | 1922–1923 |
| years4 | 1923–1924 |
| clubs1 | Preston North End |
| clubs2 | Bradford City |
| clubs3 | Blackburn Rovers |
| clubs4 | Lancaster Town |
| clubs5 | Garstang Town |
| caps1 | 148 |
| caps2 | 301 |
| caps3 | 24 |
| goals1 | 34 |
| goals2 | 60 |
| goals3 | 2 |
| nationalyears1 | 1905–1910 |
| nationalteam1 | England |
| nationalcaps1 | 8 |
| nationalgoals1 | 2 |
| nationalteam2 | Football League XI |
| nationalcaps2 | 1 |
| :: |
| name = Dicky Bond | image = | fullname = Richard Bond | birth_date = | birth_place = Preston, England | death_date = | death_place = Preston, England | height = | position = Outside right | youthyears1 = –1901 | youthclubs1 = Royal Field Artillery | years1 = 1902–1909 | years2 = 1909–1922 | years3 = 1922–1923 | years4 = 1923–1924 | clubs1 = Preston North End | clubs2 = Bradford City | clubs3 = Blackburn Rovers | clubs4 = Lancaster Town | years5 = | clubs5 = Garstang Town | caps1 = 148 | caps2 = 301 | caps3 = 24 | goals1 = 34 | goals2 = 60 | goals3 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 1905–1910 | nationalteam1 = England | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = Football League XI | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = Richard Bond (14 December 1883 – 25 April 1955) was an English footballer who played outside right. He was capped eight times by England and spent the vast majority of his playing career at Bradford City where he played more than 300 games.
Club playing career
Preston North End
Born in Garstang, England, Bond started his career with the Royal Artillery before he signed professional forms with Preston North End in August 1902.{{cite book | last = Frost | first = Terry | title = Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 | publisher = Breedon Books Sport | year = 1988 | pages = 87 | isbn = 0-907969-38-0}} He was part of Preston's Division Two championship winning team in 1903–04. Two years later, he was a regular, as the club were The Football League runners-up.
Bradford City
Bond joined Bradford City in May 1909 for a £950 fee, a record fee for Preston at the time.{{cite web |url = http://www.pnefc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10362~1078712,00.html |title = Record transfer fees received |access-date = 16 December 2007 |date = 28 May 2000 |publisher = Preston North End official website |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516200404/http://www.pnefc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10362~1078712%2C00.html |archive-date = 16 May 2008 |df = dmy
In total he played 301 league games, scoring 60 goals, all in the top flight. He also represented the club in 32 FA Cup games scoring 12 times. He was selected in City's team of the millennium in 1999 by former Telegraph & Argus sports reporter David Markham.{{cite web |url=http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/1999/12/30/158171.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505090027/http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/1999/12/30/158171.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=The greatest ever to grace Valley Parade |access-date=16 December 2007 |date=30 December 1999 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus
Blackburn Rovers
Bond played for Blackburn for one season before his final move to Lancaster Town in August 1923 for one last season. He retired in 1924 but returned to play for Garstang Town two years later. His total league career brought him 96 goals in 473 league appearances. He became a publican before he died in Preston aged 71.
International career
Bond made his first international appearance for England while at Preston on 25 February 1905 against Ireland. He won a total of eight caps, scoring twice, both against Ireland in 1906.
Honours
Preston North End
Personal life
Bond's football career was interrupted by the First World War. He was serving as a sergeant in the Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) when he was taken prisoner-of-war in July 1916. He was repatriated on 18 November 1918 and more than two years after it had finished, he laid a commemorative wreath at the Cenotaph in London before Bradford City's game with Arsenal on 1 January 1921. After his retirement from football, Bond ran a fish and chip shop in Garstang and later became a publican.
References
References
- Joyce, Michael. (16 October 2012). "Football League Players' Records 1888–1939". Tony Brown.
- Stapler. (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Bradford City". Athletic News.
- "Richard (Dickie) Bond". Spartacus Educational.
- (3 June 2020). "CITY TEAM-MATES: The 1911 FA Cup winners - and the maverick winger banned for the final".
- "Dickie Bond – Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War.
- "England Players – Dicky Bond".
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