EXECUTIVE CAREER
MANAGER, REGINA FOOTBALL CLUB 1921-1924
ORGANIZER/COACH, REGINA PATS 1925-1928
COACH, REGINA ROUGHRIDERS 1929-1932, 1935, 1942

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION  1929, 1930, 1931, 1932

FOR 47 YEARS, ALVIN RITCHIE'S NAME WAS SYNONYMOUS WITH FOOTBALL IN SASKATCHEWAN. RITCHIE PLAYED THE GAME PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I AND, AFTER RETURNING FROM OVERSEAS, BECAME A RESPECTED COACH AND TEAM MANAGER.
RITCHIE DREW UP THE CONSTITUTION AND SERVED ON MANY COMMITTEES FOR THE SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE WHICH OPERATED FROM 1919 TO 1932. THE REGINA FOOTBALL CLUB WON 56 CONSECUTIVE GAMES AND EIGHT WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH RITCHIE AT THE HELM.

AL RITCHIE, KNOWN AS "THE SILVER FOX", ORGANIZED AND COACHED THE REGINA PATS JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB LEADING THEM TO A JUNIOR DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1928. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A WESTERN TEAM HAD EVER WON A NATIONAL TITLE.
AL RITCHIE, WHO IS CREDITED WITH MANY RULE CHANGES AND PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENTS, WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN THE EAST/WEST CHAMPIONSHIP. HE IS A MEMBER OF CANADA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND THE SASKATCHEWAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1963 – BUILDER

CHARTER MEMBER

Class of 1963 Earl Grey, D. Wes Brown, John DeGruchy, "Seppi" DuMoulin, William C. Foulds, Frank J. Hannibal, Harry L. Batstone, Ormond Beach, Joseph M. Breen, Lionel P. Conacher, Ernest Cox, Jake Jacobs, Eddie "Dynamite" James, Fritz Hanson, Smirle Lawson, Frank R. "Pep" Leadlay, Norman Perry, Teddy Reeve, Jeff Russel, David S. Sprague, Brian M. Timmis, Dr. Harry Crawford Griffith, N.J. "Piffles" Taylor, Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy, Benjamin L. Simpson, Hugh Gall, Percy Molson, Eddie Emerson, Joe Krol, Russ Rebholz