Richard Geaves

Richard Geaves

Personal information
Full name	Richard Lyon Geaves
Date of birth	(1854-05-06)6 May 1854
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death	21 March 1935(1935-03-21) (aged 80)
Place of death	Yateley, Hampshire[1]
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Clapham Rovers
	Old Harrovians
International career
1875	England	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Lyon Geaves (6 May 1854 – 21 March 1935) was a footballer who made one appearance for England in an international against Scotland, playing as England's outside left on 6 March 1875.[1]

He was born in Mexico. He attended multiple schools, including Harrow School, and attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He played for Clapham Rovers and Old Harrovians, joined the 14th Prince of Wales Yorkshire Regiment and became their captain six years later before he left them in 1881. He was the first Mexico-born player to represent England.[2]

See also

• List of England international footballers born outside England

References

1. "Richard Geaves". England Football Online.
2. "A Mexican on the English national team". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012.

External links

• Richard Geaves at Englandstats.com