Beres Reilly
Appearance
Beres Reilly | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Beresford Stanley Reilly | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1914 | ||
Place of birth | South Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 23 July 1943 | (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 | 8 (2) | |
1937 | Melbourne | 3 (1) | |
1938 | St Kilda | 2 (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.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Beresford Stanley Reilly". rafcommands.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beres Reilly.
- 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
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- 1914 births
- 1943 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- North Melbourne Football Club players
- Melbourne Football Club players
- St Kilda Football Club players
- Royal Australian Air Force officers
- Australian military personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1943
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Greece
- Australian rules biography, 1914 birth stubs