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English footballer

Ledger Ritson
Personal information
Full name Ledger Ritson
Date of birth 28 April 1921
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death March 1977 (1977-04) (aged 55)
Place of death Haringey, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1946 Hitchin Town
1946–1950 Leyton Orient 84 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ledger Ritson (28 April 1921 – March 1977) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leyton Orient as a left back. After retiring from football, he jointly coached and advised the Leyton Orient reserve and 'A' teams with Syd Hobbins.

Personal life

Ritson served in the British Army during the Second World War. His football career was ended by a broken right leg, during a training run at Leyton Stadium in December 1949, while rehabilitating without his doctor's knowledge after having suffered a compound fracture to the same leg three months earlier. Gangrene set in and the leg was amputated in January 1950.

References

  1. ^ "Ledger Ritson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). p. 104. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. Ward, Andrew; Williams, John (1 August 2010). Football Nation: Sixty Years of the Beautiful Game. A&C Black. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4088-0126-0.


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