Ritter Collett

Charles Ritter Collett
(aka Ritter Collett)

• School Ohio University

• Born June 14, 1922 in Ironton, OH USA
• Died September 25, 2001 in Dayton, OH USA

Biographical Information

A native of Ironton, OH and a graduate of Ohio University, Ritter Collett joined the staff of the Dayton Journal in 1946, soon after his discharge from the Army Air Corps. Following mergers of Dayton's three newspapers, he became sports editor of the Journal Herald and then of the Daily News.

Collett was one of the founders of baseball's annual Hutch Award (named after former Cincinnati Reds manager Fred Hutchinson), recognizing a major league player who has overcome serious adversity, with an accompanying scholarship awarded for cancer research. He also headed the selection committee for Phi Delta Theta fraternity's annual award in honor of Lou Gehrig.

The author of five books, Collett was a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America from 1947 until his death on September 25, 2001. He covered every World Series from 1946 to 1990. In 1991, Collett received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award.

Further Reading

• Ritter Collett: "A New Kind of Super-Sleuth: Charlie Metro is a secret agent and a publicity agent at same time!", Baseball Digest, July 1967, pp. 79-80. [1]
• Ritter Collett: "Kelso Found Success 60 Feet Away: After catching four years, he became a pitcher", Baseball Digest (July 1967), pp. 79-80. [2]

Related Sites

• Meet the Sports Writers - Page 17: Scroll down to #417