Horrie Riley | |
Fullname: | Horace Alexander Riley |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1902 |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Kangaroo Island, South Australia |
Originalteam: | St Augustine's |
Statsend: | 1930 |
Years1: | 1922–1930 |
Club1: | Sturt |
Games Goals1: | 122 (121) |
Sooteam1: | South Australia |
Soogames Goals1: | 20 |
Careerhighlights: |
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Horrie Riley (10 September 1902 – 8 February 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the SAFL.[1]
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'.