| Ray Ritchie | |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Paddington, New South Wales |
| Retired: | yes |
| Club1: | Manly-Warringah |
| Year1start: | 1955 |
| Year1end: | 59 |
| Appearances1: | 49 |
| Tries1: | 37 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 111 |
| Teama: | City NSW |
| Yearastart: | 1958 |
| Appearancesa: | 1 |
| Triesa: | 0 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 0 |
| Teamb: | New South Wales |
| Yearbstart: | 1957 |
| Appearancesb: | 2 |
| Triesb: | 3 |
| Goalsb: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
| Pointsb: | 9 |
| Teamc: | Australia |
| Yearcstart: | 1957 |
| Appearancesc: | 1 |
| Triesc: | 1 |
| Goalsc: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsc: | 0 |
| Pointsc: | 3 |
| Coachteam1: | Manly-Warringah |
| Coachyear1start: | 1981 |
| Coachyear1end: | 82 |
| Coachgames1: | 53 |
| Coachwins1: | 32 |
| Coachdraws1: | 19 |
| Coachlosses1: | 2 |
| Source: | [1] [2] [3] |
Ray Ritchie (31 October 1936 - 13 March 2015) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and coached in the 1980s. A New South Wales state and Australia national representative three-quarter back, he played in the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership for Sydney's Manly-Warringah club, becoming their coach after retirement from playing.[4]
Ritchie started playing first-grade for Sydney's Manly-Warringah club during the 1955 NSWRFL season.[5] At the end of the following year, he was selected to play on the wing for a Combined Sydney team, scoring a try in their win against a touring Māori rugby league team.[6] In 1957 he played for New South Wales against Queensland and made it into the Australian squad for the 1957 World Cup, becoming Kangaroo No. 334.[7] Later in the year Ritchie was selected to play for Manly-Warringah in the 1957 NSWRFL season's grand final on the wing, but St. George won.[8]
Ritchie was appointed head coach of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for the 1981 NSWRFL season and under him the club was back in the semi-finals that year.[9] The following year Manly reached the grand final, but Ritchie stood down before the 1983 season, and was succeeded by Bob Fulton.[10]
His daughter Donna attended the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Paralympics as a wheelchair basketballer and won a silver medal in 2000.[11]