Richie Pitt

Richie Pitt

Personal information
Full name	Richard Pitt
Date of birth	22 October 1951
Place of birth	Ryhope, England
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
–	Sunderland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1968–1975	Sunderland	126	(7)
–	Blyth Spartans
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Richie Pitt (born 22 October 1951) is a former professional footballer, born in Ryhope, County Durham, who played in the Football League as a defender for Sunderland,^[1] and was part of the club's 1973 FA Cup Final-winning team.

Pitt was an England schoolboy international, played in Sunderland's 1969 FA Youth Cup-winning side, and made his first-team debut in the First Division as a 17-year-old, on 4 March 1969 in a 3–1 defeat away at Coventry City.^[2][3] He was part of the Sunderland team, by then playing in the Second Division, which beat Leeds United, FA Cup-holders and in their ninth season as a top-four side,^[4] in the 1973 FA Cup Final. After only a few more games, and only 21 years old, Pitt sustained an apparently minor knee injury which proved to be a cruciate ligament injury and effectively ending his professional career. He went on to play for non-league club Blyth Spartans, and trained as a teacher^[3] working at Thornhill School, later becoming assistant head of Duncan House. In 2013, he was working as a mathematics teacher and head of year at Seaham School of Technology.^[5]

References

1. "Richie Pitt". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
2. "Player details Richie Pitt". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
3. "Past Players (N–Q)". Sunderland A.F.C. Archived from the original on 4 November 2006.
4. "Leeds United". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
5. "Bay follow Wearside way". The Northern Echo. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2009.

External links

• League stats at Neil Brown's site