Joe Ritchie (footballer)
Joseph Duncan Ritchie (26 September 1886 – 24 May 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Joe Ritchie | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joseph Duncan Ritchie | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Numurkah, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 24 May 1975 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Henty, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) | Numurkah, Drumanure | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1909 | St Kilda | 7 (3) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
The son of Joseph Duncan Ritchie (1848-1922),[2] and Mary Jane Ritchie (1855-1937), née Tawse,[3][4] Joseph Duncan Ritchie was born in Numurkah on 26 September 1886.
He married Alice May Coles (1893-1975) in 1917.
Football
Ritchie was recruited from the Drumanure Football Club, in the Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA), after he was best on ground in Drumanure's 1908 GVFA grand final win against the Muckatah Football Club [5].
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Deaths: Ritchie, The Numurkah Leader, (Wednesday, 11 October 1922), p.2.
- Deaths: Ritchie, The Numurkah Leader, (Tuesday, 27 April 1937), p.2.
- About People: Obituary, The Numurkah Leader, (Tuesday, 27 April 1937), p.3.
- "1908 - Goulburn Valley FA - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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External links
- Joe Ritchie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Joe Ritchie at AustralianFootball.com
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