Jack Reilly (footballer)

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Jack Reilly
Personal information
Full name	JACK WILLIAM BEATTIE REILLY
Date of birth	(1943-08-27) 27 August 1943
Place of birth	Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Inverurie Loco Works^[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1963–1967	Hibernian	2	(0)
1968–1970	Washington Whips	17	(0)
1971	Melbourne Juventus	?	(?)
1972	St George Saints	?	(?)
1972–1974	Melbourne Hakoah	?	(?)
1975–1976	Fitzroy Alexander	52	(?)
1977–1980	South Melbourne Hellas	41	(0)
National team
1970–1977	Australia	35	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

"Jack" Reilly' (born 27 August 1945) is a former football (soccer) goalkeeper, who represented Australia national soccer team 35 times during the 1970s. He was a member of the 1974 FIFA World Cup squad^[2] and also represented Victoria.

Career

Reilly learnt his goalkeeping skills while playing in the reserve team of Hibernian in his native Scotland. He made only two first appearances in the Scottish Football League^[1] before moving to American club Washington Whips in 1967. Reilly moved to Australia in 1970, signing with Melbourne Juventus. After showing immense talent during his debut season he was drafted into the Australia squad for a world tour.^[1] His transfer from St George Saints to Melbourne Hakoah in early 1972 was a then record fee for a goalkeeper of $6,000.

Reilly continued to represent Australia and was selected for their 1974 FIFA World Cup squad. He played in all of their three matches at the tournament, against West Germany, East Germany and Chile.^[1] Reilly transferred to Fitzroy United Heidelberg United in 1975. He spent two season at Fitzroy before transferring to South Melbourne. Reilly retired from playing in 1980.

After ending his playing career, Reilly became a horsebreeder.^[1] He has also served on the committees of FFA and FIFA.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Interview: Jack Reilly, former Hibs goalie, on the state of Scottish football". sport.scotsman.com (Johnston Press). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
↑ "WEST GERMANY - AUSTRALIA". www.planetworldcup.com. Jan Alsos. 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

Jack Reilly at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Australia squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup

1 Reilly 2 Utjesenovic 3 Wilson (c) 4 Schaefer 5 Curran 6 Richards 7 Rooney 8 Mackay 9 Warren 10 Manuel 11 Abonyi 12 Alston 13 Ollerton 14 Tolson 15 Williams 16 Rudic 17 Harding 18 Watkiss 19 Campbell 20 Buljevic 21 Milisavljevic 22 Maher Coach: Rašić

Persondata
Name	Reilly, Jack
Alternative names
Short description	Australian soccer player
Date of birth	27 August 1943
Place of birth	Scotland
Date of death
Place of death

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