Tommy Ritchie

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Tommy Ritchie
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Full name Tommy Ritchie
Date of birth(1930-07-10)10 July 1930 [1]
Place of birth Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date of death Novewmber 2017 (aged 87)
Place of death Oxfordshire, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1949–1950 Bangor
1950–1953 Manchester United 0 (0)
1953–1955 Reading 18 (5)
1955–1956 Bedford Town
1956–1958 Dartford
1958 Grimsby Town 1 (0)
1958–1959 Barrow 16 (6)
1959–19?? Guildford City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Ritchie ( 10 July 1930 - November 2017) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as an inside forward. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tommy Ritchie". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 100. ISBN   0-907033-34-2.