Joe Reilly (Australian footballer)

Joe Reilly
Personal information
Full name Joseph Francis Reilly
Date of birth 17 September 1916
Place of birth Lismore, Victoria[1]
Date of death 15 November 2003(2003-11-15) (aged 87)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Height / weight 180 cm / 86 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–1942 Richmond 17 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.

Joseph Francis "Joe" Reilly (17 September 1916 – 15 November 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Reilly was a back pocket in Richmond's loss to Essendon in the 1942 VFL Grand Final.[3]

He worked in the police force and in 1946 transferred to Ballarat, where he joined the East Ballarat Football Club, as coach.[4]

References

  1. "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. AFL Tables: Joe Reilly
  4. The Argus,"D. Martin For Berrigan", 6 April 1946, p. 10
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