Joe Riley (rugby league)
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Personal information
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| Full name | Joseph G. Riley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April→June 1876 (or circa-1882/83) Sowerby Bridge, England |
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| Died | October→December 1954 (aged 77–78), or March 1950 (aged 67) Halifax district |
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Playing information
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| Height | 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 10 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre, Stand-off, Scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph "Joe" G. Riley (April→June 1876 – death registered October→December 1954 (aged 77–78)) born in Sowerby Bridge, was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s, and 1910s, and coached rugby union (RU) in the 1910s, and 1920s, playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Sowerby Bridge, and Halifax, as a centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth, or scrum-half/halfback, i.e. number 3 or 4, 6, or 7, and coaching rugby union at the newly established Halifax RUFC (formed 1919), after completing his playing career, with fellow Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee Archie Rigg, Riley's death was registered in Halifax district, he is buried in Sowerby Bridge cemetery.
Joe Riley won caps for England while at Halifax in 1910 against Wales, in 1911 against Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand against Australia, and Australasia.
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