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.