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Ledger Ritson

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Ledger Ritson
Personal information
Full name Ledger Ritson[1]
Date of birth 28 April 1921
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death March 1977 (1977-04) (aged 55)[2]
Place of death Haringey, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[2]
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.[1] After retiring from football, he jointly coached and advised the Leyton Orient reserve and 'A' teams with Syd Hobbins.[2]

Personal life

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Ritson served in the British Army during the Second World War.[2] 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.[2][3] Gangrene set in and the leg was amputated in January 1950.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ledger Ritson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f 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.