Ritter Collett

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Charles Ritter Collett (June 14, 1921 – September 25, 2001), known as Ritter Collett, was a sports editor and columnist for the Dayton Journal-Herald and Dayton Daily News for over 50 years.

Collett, a native of Ironton, Ohio, was the son of Katherine Ritter Collett and Charles L. Collett, the publisher of the Ironton Tribune. He began his career in 1946 for the then-Dayton Journal. After the Journal merged with the Herald in 1948, Collett became the sports editor for the Journal-Herald until 1986, when the paper merged with the Dayton Daily News, and he became sports editor and columnist for that paper.

Collett, along with

J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the BBWAA in 1991
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Ritter died in September 2001, following neurosurgery.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Good Works Will Continue In Hutch's Name". Dayton Daily News. May 6, 1994. p. 7D. Retrieved August 6, 2012. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Charles Ritter Collett". Marysville Journal-Tribune. Marysville, Ohio. September 27, 2001. Retrieved December 31, 2017 – via newspapers.com.

Further reading

  • Collett, Ritter (1981). Straight Arrow: The Story of OSU's Art Schlichter. Landfall Press. .

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