He was the second head football coach at Baylor University, serving for on year, in 1901 and compiling a record of 5–3.

Ritchie graduated in 1900 from the University of Georgia, where he played football.

In 1906, Ritchie was residing at Campbell, Texas, working as a mathematics professor at Henry College.

He later worked a civil engineer for the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad subsequently went into various businesses in banking, livestock, logging, and oil.

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