Richie Pitt

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 in his early twenties, 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 ] — Wikipedia

Position

DF

Nationality

United Kingdom

Birthplace

Ryhope

Born

22 Oct 1951