George Ritchie | |
Fullname: | George Thompson Ritchie |
Birth Date: | 16 January 1904 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Leicester, England |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Wing half |
Years2: | 1922–1924 |
Caps2: | 2 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1924–1925 |
Caps3: | 19 |
Goals3: | 10 |
Years4: | 1925–1928 |
Caps4: | 80 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 1928–1937 |
Caps5: | 247 |
Goals5: | 12 |
Years6: | 1937–1939 |
Caps6: | 20 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Totalcaps: | 368 |
Totalgoals: | 26 |
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]