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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(1977-03-00) (aged 55)[2]
Place of death Haringey, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[2]
Position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–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. 1 2 "Ledger Ritson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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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