George Ritchie (footballer, born 1889)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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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 |
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]
Ritchie was born in 1889 in West Derby,[2] which 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
Ritchie served as a guardsman in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War.[1][6]
References
- ^ 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
Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1960 deaths
- People from West Derby
- Footballers from Liverpool
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Rossendale United F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Northfleet United F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- English Football League players
- Liverpool F.C. wartime guest players
- Grenadier Guards soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs