 Ridd played in all six matches for the team, which was eliminated after the group stage in the 1952 tournament.Two years later Ridd played in the World Basketball Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he was the first and only Canadian to be chosen for the tournament's all-star team (2nd team All-Star).Ridd was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980, and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1983.