Kenneth Rickards (22 March 1929 â 7 October 2018) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Darlington, in non-league football for Stockton, and was on the books of Hull City without playing first-team football. He played youth football for teams in his native Middlesbrough, and represented the North Riding of Yorkshire in the English Counties (16âÂÂ18) League.