Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Thompson Ritchie | ||
Date of birth | 16 January 1904 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 10 September 1978 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Leicester, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Maryhill | |||
1922–1924 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | (0) |
1924–1925 | Royal Albert | 19 | (10) |
1925–1928 | Falkirk | 80 | (3) |
1928–1937 | Leicester City | 247 | (12) |
1937–1939 | Colchester United | 20 | (1) |
Total | 368 | (26) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Thompson Ritchie (16 January 1904 – 10 September 1978) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League as a wing half.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Ritchie played as a wing half for English clubs Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Colchester United and in Scotland for Royal Albert and Fakirk.[2]
He was part of the Leicester side which finished runners-up in 1928-29,[3] the club's highest-ever league finish (until 2016). He returned to Leicester's coaching staff under the management of former teammate Johnny Duncan between 1946 and 1949.[4][5]
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