M. Delmar Ritchie

M. Delmar Ritchie
Biographical details
Born	1875; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 24, 1916; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1893	Dickinson
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1898	Franklin & Marshall
1899	Ohio Wesleyan
1899	Gettysburg
1900	Vermont
Head coaching record
Overall	12–11–3

Marion Delmar Ritchie (1875 – May 24, 1916) was an American college football coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for one season, in 1898, compiling a record of 4–4–2.^[1] He also coached at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio in 1899.^[2]^[3]

Ritchie was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1875. A native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he played college football as a halfback at Dickinson College in 1893.^[4] Ritchie also attended Lafayette College before graduating from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1899. Thereafter he practiced medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ritchie died at his home in Pittsburgh on May 24, 1916.^[5]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Franklin & Marshall (Independent) (1898)
1898	Franklin & Marshall	4–4–2
Franklin & Marshall:		4–4–2
Gettysburg Bullets (Independent) (1899)
1899	Gettysburg	4–3
Gettysburg:		4–3
Vermont Green and Gold (Independent) (1900)
1900	Vermont	4–4–1
Vermont:		4–4–1
Total:		12–11–3