Beres Reilly
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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 | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day | ||
Place of death | over Crete | ||
Original team(s) | Sixth Scouts | ||
Height/Weight | 178 cm / 71 kg | ||
Position(s) | Wing / Rover | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1935–36 1937 1938 Total |
North Melbourne Melbourne St Kilda |
3 (1) 2 (0) 13 (3) 8 (2) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938 season.
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Beresford Stanley "Beres" Reilly (17 September 1914 – 23 July 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Representing a Victorian schoolboys team, he tried out with Footscray. 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.
See also
Sources
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Beres Reilly's statistics from AFL Tables
- http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=R&VeteranId=1061248
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- Age error
- 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