Lou the Lip bows out
Veteran AFL commentator and personality Lou Richards says his TV career is now behind him.
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AFL veteran’ Lou Richards, who turns 86 today, has finished his long service appearances on television ending a staggering 67-year continuous link with the game as a player and commentator.
In recent years Richards’ guest appearances on Nine’s Sunday Footy Show were believed to be a gesture by the network to honour his 22 years and provide him some meaning in his senior years.
The Age reports that Richards confided to Tony Jones in one of his last televisual pre-seasons that to lose his regular TV gig would kill him. Even in his absence Nine will retain the handball segment named in his honour and illustrated with his familiar face. The program’s player of the year will still win the Lou Richards Medal.
Before his long service with Nine, Richards was with the Seven Network, in particular World of Sports.
Collingwood boss Eddie McGuire recently wrote a newspaper article calling on the AFL to add Richards to its Hall of Fame.
“If they (the AFL) don’t want to give it to me, it’s up to them,” Richards said.
“They will probably wait until I’m dead. I’ve read some of the articles and apparently there is a quota on making people legends.”
Source: The Age,
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3 Responses
Yes a Tv legend. He totally brought great entertainment to Sunday mornings. Thirty-five-ai! He never just took shit from the boys, he always dished it back. Not the last we will see of him.
He’s a TV legend yes, but not an AFL legend. You don’t hear many kids saying they wanna grow up to play like Lou. Got nothing against him, lovely guy, but all the guys on the footy show just take the piss out of him now, and all the people calling for him to be made a legend are just thinking with their hearts.
There will be an exclusive interview with Lou on Nine News Melbourne tomorrow night (Monday). I saw the promo this morning.