Charles Ritter Collett (June 14, 1921 – September 26, 2001), known as Ritter Collett, was a sports editor and columnist for the ''Dayton Journal-Herald'' and ''

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'' for over 50 years. Collett, a native of

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, was the son of Katherine Ritter Collett and Charles L. Collett, the publisher of the '' Ironton Tribune''. He began his career in 1946 for the then-''Dayton Journal''. After the ''Journal'' merged with the ''Herald'' in 1948, Collett became the sports editor for the ''Journal-Herald'' until 1986, when the paper merged with the ''Dayton Daily News'', and he became sports editor and columnist for that paper. Collett, along with

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and Jim Enright created the

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in honor of

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manager

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, awarded by

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to an active player who best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire to win. Collett, a member of the

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since 1947, was awarded the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the BBWAA in

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. Collett, along with his fellow ''Dayton Daily News'' writers

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and Hal McCoy, is among the few writers from a paper in a city without a

team to be inducted in the

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. Ritter died in September 2001, following

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