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Key Facts

Full name
Louis Riley

Known as
Lou Riley

Born
7 September 1909

Died
20 April 1989 (aged 79)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 22y 299d
Last game: 28y 284d

Height and weight
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 72 kg

Senior clubs
Melbourne; Collingwood

Jumper numbers
Melbourne: 26
Collingwood: 26, 23, 17, 21

Recruited from
Melbourne (1934)

Lou Riley

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
MelbourneV/AFL1932-193420271.3535%6.00—0.000
CollingwoodV/AFL1934-193844601.3673%9.61—3.786
V/AFL1932-193864871.3661%9.42—3.586
Total1932-193864871.3661%9.42—3.586

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 3,954th player to appear, 3,673rd most games played, 1,264th most goals kickedMelbourne: 502nd player to appear, 584th most games played, 254th most goals kickedCollingwood: 379th player to appear, 377th most games played, 143rd most goals kicked

Lou Riley was a handy half forward flanker with a keen goal sense. Between 1932 and 1934 he played 20 VFL games and scored 27 goals for an under-achieving Melbourne side. The 1935 season saw him at Collingwood where he not only got to play finals football for the first time but was a member of back to back Magpies premiership-winning teams in 1935-6. As is often the case, playing alongside better players brought out the best in him, and he was a highly serviceable performer for Collingwood over four seasons, adding 44 games and 60 goals to his respective career tallies.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

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Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.