Joe Reilly (Australian footballer) explained

Joe Reilly
Fullname:Francis Joseph Reilly
Birth Date:17 September 1916
Birth Place:Lismore, Victoria[1]
Death Place:Geelong, Victoria
Height:180 cm
Weight:86 kg
Statsend:1942
Years1:1940–1942
Club1:Richmond
Games Goals1:17 (0)

Francis Joseph 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 rugged 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]

Joe Reilly married Rosie May Martin in Melbourne in 1945, shortly before their move to Ballarat.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WW2 Nominal Roll: REILLY, Joseph Francis. Government of Australia.
  2. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 9781920910785.
  3. Web site: AFL Tables: Joe Reilly . afltables.com.
  4. The Argus,"D. Martin For Berrigan", 6 April 1946, p. 10