Ledger Ritson

Ledger Ritson
Personal information
Full name	Ledger Ritson
Date of birth	28 April 1921
Place of birth	Gateshead, England
Date of death	March 1977 (aged 55)
Place of death	Haringey, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1946	Hitchin Town
1946–1950	Leyton Orient
	*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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Ledger Ritson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). p. 104. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ 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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[Hugman-1] "Ledger Ritson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[Kaufman-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.

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