Willie Louis Richardson (November 17, 1939 – February 8, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts (1963–1969, 1971) and the Miami Dolphins (1970). He was named 1st Team All-Pro by the Associated Press for the 1967 NFL season and went to two Pro Bowls. After losing his starting role to Ray Perkins, he was traded along with a 1971 fourth-round selection (104th overall–Dwight White) from the Colts to the Pittsburgh Steelers for Roy Jefferson in an exchange of receivers who had fallen out of favor with their old teams on August 20, 1970.^[1][2] Attempts to renegotiate his contract led to him being traded to Miamiand-forth and traded Richardson to Miami for a fifth-round pick (used to draft Ralph Anderson in 1971) prior to the regular season.^[3]

Richardson was an All-American playing college football for the Jackson State Tigers. In 2003, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

He is the older brother of former NFL wide receiver Gloster Richardson, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Browns. He died on February 8, 2016, at the age of 76.^[4]

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