Career
A New South Wales state and Australia national representative three-quarter back, he played in the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership for Sydney"s Manly-Warringah club, becoming their coach after retirement from playing. Ritchie started playing first-grade for Sydney"s Manly-Warringah club during the 1955 NSWRFL season. In 1957 he played for New South Wales against Queensland and made it into the Australian squad for the 1957 World Cup, becoming Kangaroo Number.
Ritchie was appointed head coach of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for the 1981 NSWRFL season and under him the club was back in the semi-finals that year.
The following year Manly reached the grand final, but Ritchie stood down before the 1983 season, and was succeeded by Bob Fulton.