Jack O'Reilly (rugby league)

Jack O'Reilly was an Australian rugby league player and coach for the North Sydney Bears.

Jack O'Reilly
Playing information
PositionUtility
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1926–30 North Sydney Bears 6 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1942 North Sydney Bears 14 5 0 9 36

O'Reilly was the son of athlete Bill O'Reilly, who held a long-standing national record for the hammer throw.[1]

A utility, O'Reilly competed in first-grade for North Sydney from 1926 to 1930, making sporadic appearances as either a three-quarter or lock. He coached North Sydney to a third grade premiership in 1937, then in 1940 steered them to a reserves premiership.[2] In the 1942 NSWRFL season, O'Reilly served as North Sydney's first-grade coach.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Coach Apt Athletic Pupil". The Daily Telegraph. 11 January 1943. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Gets Results". The Daily Telegraph. 19 March 1941. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Crack Coach For Newtown League Team". The Sun. 16 March 1943. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
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