Joe O'Reilly (footballer) explained

Joseph O'Reilly
Birth Date:27 May 1911
Birth Place:Dublin
Death Date:September 1992 (aged 81)
Years1:1929-1932
Years2:1932–1935
Years3:1935-1936
Years4:1936–1944
Years5:1944-1945
Clubs1:Brideville
Clubs3:Brideville
Clubs4:St James's Gate
Clubs5:Brideville
Caps2:39
Goals2:0
Nationalyears1:1932–1939
Nationalteam1:Ireland (FAI)
Nationalcaps1:20
Nationalgoals1:2

Joseph O'Reilly was an Irish international soccer player.

O'Reilly was a half back and was capped 20 times for the Republic of Ireland at senior level. He made his debut against the Netherlands in a 2-0 victory in May 1932. O'Reilly opened the scoring in the game, while Paddy Moore scored the second. His final international game was in Bremen in 1939 in a 1-1 draw with Germany only months before the outbreak of World War II.

O'Reilly, together with Paddy Moore and Jimmy Daly, was one of three Irish players who were signed by Aberdeen in the 1930s after their displays with the Ireland national team for a combined fee of £1,000.

His brother Peter O'Reilly was a successful Gaelic football player who won an All-Ireland for Dublin in 1942.

Honours

Club

St James Gate

External links