Norman 'Ray' Riddell was an Australian rules football

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er who played with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1940s.

Riddell's VFL career was limited due the war, as he was at the time a Leading Aircraftman

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 with the RAAF. He played twice in the 1944 VFL season

1944 VFL season

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 and his only appearance in 1945 was a preliminary final, which Collingwood lost. Riddell played in two further games in 1946.

He briefly coached Preston

Northern Bullants

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 in 1951, as a replacement for Reg Ryan

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who left before the season concluded.