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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Wight Ritchie | ||
| Date of birth | 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | West Derby, (Liverpool), Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| 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.
Ritchie was born in 1889 in West Derby, 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, and played non-league football for clubs including Rossendale United, Chester and Northfleet United. He died in Manchester in December 1960 at the age of 71.
Personal life
Ritchie served as a guardsman in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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- 1889 births
- 1960 deaths
- 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