Beres Reilly

Beres Reilly
Personal information
Full name	Beresford Stanley Reilly
Date of birth	(1914-09-17)17 September 1914
Place of birth	South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	23 July 1943(1943-07-23) (aged 28)
Place of death	Crete
Original team(s)	Sixth Scouts
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Position(s)	Wing / Rover
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935–1936	North Melbourne	08 (2)
1937	Melbourne	03 (1)
1938	St Kilda	02 (0)
Total		13 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Beresford Stanley "Beres" Reilly (17 September 1914 – 23 July 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Representing a Victorian schoolboys team, he tried out for the Footscray Football Club. He wasn't given a game and as such moved on to North Melbourne.

He was a good friend of Keith Truscott, who was also killed in World War II. Serving as a Pilot Officer in the RAAF, Reilly was killed when his Martin Baltimore aircraft crashed over Crete. All 4 on board died in the crash.

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service

Sources

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Beres Reilly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=R&VeteranId=1061248