George Wight Ritchie (1889 – 6 December 1960) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Reading.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Wight Ritchie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | West Derby, England | ||
| Date of death | (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Manchester,[1] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Rossendale United | |||
| Chester | |||
| 19??–1913 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| 1913–1915 | Norwich City | ||
| 1919–1921 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | (6) |
| 1921–1922 | Reading | 16 | (4) |
| 1922–192? | Northfleet United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ritchie was born in 1889 in West Derby, Lancashire,[2] which later became part of Liverpool. He was on the books of Preston North End without appearing in their league team, played Southern League football for Norwich City and Brighton & Hove Albion, guested for Liverpool during the First World War,[3] and played non-league football for clubs including Rossendale United, Chester and Northfleet United.[1][4] He died in Manchester in December 1960 at the age of 71.[1][5]
Personal life
editRitchie served as a guardsman in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War.[1][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Bee's Sports Notes. Men to watch". Liverpool Echo. 8 October 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ George W Ritchie on Lives of the First World War
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