On this day in 1970, former Sunderland defender Richard ‘Dickie’ Ord was born in Murton. Ord first joined the club in 1984 as a schoolboy and went professional three years later. Between going pro and leaving SAFC in 1998, he won two promotions to the top flight (1990 and 1996) and played a bit-part role in our promotion out of the third tier in 1988.He began his footballing career at East Durham and Durham County Schoolboys and also played for …
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