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Bryan Orritt
Personal information
Full name	Bryan Orritt
Date of birth	(1937-02-22)22 February 1937
Place of birth	Caernarfon, Wales
Date of death	24 March 2014(2014-03-24) (aged 77)
Place of death	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Inside forward / Wing half
Youth career
–	Llanfair PG
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1956	Bangor City	52	(13)
1956–1962	Birmingham City	99	(23)
1962–1966	Middlesbrough	118	(22)
1966–1967	Southern Suburbs	54	(12)
1968–1969	Durban United	35	(11)
1969–1970	Johannesburg Rangers	16	(3)
1970	Southern Suburbs	17	(3)
1971–1974	Berea Park
International career
1958–1959	Wales U-23	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bryan Orritt (22 February 1937 – 24 March 2014) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an inside forward or wing half. He made more than 200 appearances in the Football League, and was capped three times for Wales at under-23 level.^[1]

Born in Caernarfon, Orritt began his football career with local club Llanfair PG before joining Bangor City. In 1956 he joined English First Division club Birmingham City, for whom he went on to play in the finals of the 1960 and 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, becoming one of the first Welsh footballers to take part in European competition.^[2]

In 1962 he moved to Middlesbrough, and became the first substitute ever used by the club.^[3]

He emigrated to South Africa, playing for and later managing Southern Suburbs F.C.,^[4]^[5]

Orritt died in a Johannesburg nursing home on 24 March 2014 at the age of 77.^[5]^[6]

References

General

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.

Specific

^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946-98. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
^ "Fairs' Cup 1958–60". and Zea, Antonio & Haisma, Marcel (27 June 2007). "Fairs' Cup 1960–61". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
^ "Don't forget your subs". Middlesbrough F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
^ "Bryan Orritt". UK A-Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
^ ^a ^b Richardson, Andy (28 March 2014). "Blues to pay tribute to legend Bryan Orritt, who died aged 77". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ "Orritt Bryan Taffy: Obituary". Evening Gazette. Middlesbrough. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

External links

Profile at The Citizens Choice, a Bangor City unofficial site