Horrie Riley
Horrie Riley | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Horace Alexander Riley | ||
Date of birth | 10 September 1902 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
Date of death | 8 February 1970 | (aged 67)||
Place of death | Kangaroo Island, South Australia | ||
Original team(s) | St Augustine's | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1922–1930 | Sturt | 122 (121) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
South Australia | 20 | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Horrie Riley (10 September 1902 – 8 February 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the SAFL.[1]
Football[]
Despite being one of the smaller players in the league, Victorian born Horrie Riley was particularly strong in the air.
He won the 1923 Magarey Medal, was a member of Sturt's premiership side in 1926 and represented South Australia 20 times at interstate football.
When he retired he 1930 he had played a total of 122 games.
Riley has a place in the back pocket in Sturt's official 'Team of the Century'.
See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Horrie A.Riley". SANFL. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
External links[]
- Horrie Riley at AustralianFootball.com
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1970 deaths
- Magarey Medal winners
- Sturt Football Club players
- South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Australian rules biography, 1902 birth stubs