| Richie Pitt | |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Ryhope, County Durham, England |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthyears1: | – |
| Youthclubs1: | Sunderland |
| Years1: | 1968–1975 |
| Caps1: | 126 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | – |
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]
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