| Ledger Ritson | |
| Fullname: | Ledger Ritson |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Gateshead, England |
| Death Place: | Haringey, England |
| Height: | 5ft 5in |
| Position: | Left back |
| Years1: | –1946 |
| Clubs1: | Hitchin Town |
| Years2: | 1946–1950 |
| Clubs2: | Leyton Orient |
| Caps2: | 84 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
Ledger Ritson (28 April 1921 – March 1977) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leyton Orient as a left back. After retiring from football, he jointly coached and advised the Leyton Orient reserve and 'A' teams with Syd Hobbins.[1]
Ritson served in the British Army during the Second World War. His football career was ended by a broken right leg, during a training run at Leyton Stadium in December 1949, while rehabilitating without his doctor's knowledge after having suffered a compound fracture to the same leg three months earlier.[2] Gangrene set in and the leg was amputated in January 1950.