Australian rules footballer
| Horrie Riley | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Horace Alexander Riley | ||
| Date of birth | (1902-09-10)10 September 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Date of death | 8 February 1970(1970-02-08) (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Kangaroo Island, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | St Augustine's | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1922–1930 | Sturt | 122 (121) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| South Australia | 20 | ||
| 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.
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
| Magarey Medal winners | |
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| The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations. |
| Sturt Football Club • 1926 SAFL premiers | |
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| Sturt 9.10 (64) defeated North Adelaide 7.9 (51), at Adelaide Oval, 2 October 1926, crowd: 40,000 | |
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| Sturt Football Club • Team of the Century | |
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| South Australian squad – 1927 Interstate Carnival | |
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| Western Australia 12.15 (87) defeated South Australia 9.18 (72) Victoria 21.19 (145) defeated South Australia 14.12 (96) | |
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