Frederick Riley (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}

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|name = Frederick Riley

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1912|1|9|df=y}}

|birth_place = Manchester, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|1942|12|7|1912|1|9|df=y}}

|death_place = Desvres, France

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|clubs1 = Casuals

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|nationalyears1 = 1936

|nationalteam1 = Great Britain

|nationalcaps1 = 1

|nationalgoals1 = 0

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Frederick Riley (9 January 1912 – 7 December 1942) was an English footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{FIFA player|292037}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/frederick-riley-1.html |title=Frederick Riley |accessdate=29 March 2016 |publisher=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422155406/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/frederick-riley-1.html |archivedate=22 April 2016 }} Riley played amateur football for Casuals. He was killed when his plane was shot down over France during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25275 |title=Frederick Riley |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 September 2021}}