Richard Douglas is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Adelaide with pick 16 in the 2005 national draft, making his debut in Round 21 of 2006.

In 2010, he won the Malcolm Blight Medal and the Coaches’ Award in a standout year in which he played all 22 matches. Douglas had one of his best years in 2013, finishing runner-up in the Malcolm Blight Medal and being named in the preliminary All-Australian squad. In total, he played 246 games for the Crows in his career from 2006-2019. He declares himself as “a Crow for life”.