David James Phillip Richards (born c.1935) is a former track and field athlete from Wales, who competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Richards was a member of the Polytechnic Harriers and in May 1957 won the Universities championship at Palmer Park.
He was a Welsh international by 1957 and represented the 1958 Welsh team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he participated in one event; the three miles race.
He was the 1959 Welsh cross-country champion.