Horrie Riley
Australian rules footballer, born 1902
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 career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1922–1930 | Sturt | 122 (121) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
South Australia | 20 | ||
1 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.[1]
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
- 1927 Melbourne Carnival
Footnotes
External links
- Horrie Riley at AustralianFootball.com
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Magarey Medal winners
- 1898: Green
- 1899: Malin
- 1900: not awarded
- 1901: Sandland
- 1902: MacKenzie
- 1903: Waye
- 1904: not awarded
- 1905: MacKenzie
- 1906: MacKenzie
- 1907: Mack
- 1908: Tierney
- 1909: R. Head
- 1910: Hosking
- 1911: Cumberland
- 1912: Low
- 1913: Leahy
- 1914: Ashley
- 1915: Barry/Hosking/Perry
- 1916–18: not awarded
- 1919: Moriarty
- 1920: Moriarty/Richardson
- 1921: Adams/Karney/Moriarty/Scott
- 1922: Barnes
- 1923: Riley
- 1924: Scott
- 1925: Bampton/Lill
- 1926: McGregor
- 1927: McGregor
- 1928: Handby
- 1929: Snell
- 1930: Scott
- 1931: Sexton
- 1932: Pontifex
- 1933: Dunn
- 1934: Johnston
- 1935: Cockburn
- 1936: McCallum
- 1937: Hawke
- 1938: Quinn
- 1939: McArthur/Pash
- 1940: Brock
- 1941: Boyall
- 1942–44: not awarded
- 1945: Quinn
- 1946: Hank
- 1947: Hank
- 1948: R. Phillips
- 1949: Crabb/R. Phillips
- 1950: McKay
- 1951: Marriott
- 1952: Fitzgerald
- 1953: Deane
- 1954: Fitzgerald
- 1955: L. Head
- 1956: Boyd
- 1957: Benton/Deane
- 1958: L. Head
- 1959: Fitzgerald
- 1960: Barbary
- 1961: Halbert
- 1962: Eustice
- 1963: L. Head
- 1964: Motley
- 1965: Window
- 1966: Kneebone
- 1967: Lindner/Obst
- 1968: Robran
- 1969: Phillis
- 1970: Robran
- 1971: R. Ebert
- 1972: Blight
- 1973: Robran
- 1974: R. Ebert
- 1975: Woite
- 1976: R. Ebert
- 1977: Trevor Grimwood
- 1978: Hodgeman
- 1979: Duckworth
- 1980: R. Ebert
- 1981: Aish
- 1982: McGuinness
- 1983: Antrobus
- 1984: Platten
- 1985: Fielke
- 1986: Anderson
- 1987: Jarman
- 1988: Whittlesea
- 1989: McAdam
- 1990: Hodges
- 1991: Naley
- 1992: Buckley
- 1993: B. Phillips
- 1994: McIntosh
- 1995: Kilpatrick/McIntosh
- 1996: Francou
- 1997: Atkinson/Jarman
- 1998: Osborn
- 1999: Squire
- 2000: Squire
- 2001: Brown/O'Connor
- 2002: Sheedy/Weatherald
- 2003: B. Ebert
- 2004: P. Thomas
- 2005: Clayton
- 2006: Backwell
- 2007: Allan
- 2008: Crane
- 2009: Archard/Ezard
- 2010: Allan
- 2011: Allan
- 2012: Cross/Symes
- 2013: M. Thomas
- 2014: Kirkwood
- 2015: Cross
- 2016: Kirkwood
- 2017: Grigg
- 2018: Grigg
- 2019: Partington
- 2020: Combe
- 2021: Gibbs/Tsitas
- 2022: Young
- 2023: Grant
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.
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