Joe Reilly (American football)

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1880–1951)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Joe Reilly

| image = Joseph Reilly, 1903.png

| alt =

| caption = Reilly in 1903

| sport =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|10|8}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1951|11|10|1881|10|8}}

| death_place = Alameda, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1899

| player_team1 = Boston College

| player_years2 = 1900–1903

| player_team2 = Georgetown

| player_positions = Halfback

| coach_years1 = 1904–1907

| coach_team1 = Georgetown

| coach_years2 = 1908

| coach_team2 = Boston College

| overall_record = 19–17–3

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards = All-Southern (1903)

| coaching_records =

}}

Joseph Augustus Reilly (October 8, 1880 – November 10, 1951)"California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VGYX-CNQ : accessed 6 February 2015), Joseph Augustus Reilly, 10 Nov 1951; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. was an American college football player, coach, and athletic director. He served as the head football coach of Georgetown University from 1904 to 1907, and the co-head football coach (with Joe Kenney) at Boston College in 1908. From 1909 to 1937 he was the director of the Kansas City Athletic Club. Later in life he also served as a "midwestern sports official, and wrestling judge at several Olympic games".{{cite web|url=http://www.hoyafootball.com/coaches/coaches.htm|title=Georgetown Football: Head Coaches|access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-date=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111170506/http://www.hoyafootball.com/coaches/coaches.htm|url-status=dead}}

Early years

Joe Reilly was born on October 8, 1880, in the Charlestown{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2711376/boston_post/|title=Georgetown's Boston Backfield|date=November 24, 1903|page=10|work=Boston Post|access-date=June 30, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. His father Timothy Reilly was born in Ireland.National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 2530; Volume #: Roll 2530 - Certificates: 422350-422849, 21 May 1924-21 May 1924 His mother's maiden name was O'Brien.

Football playing career

=Boston College=

Reilly attended Boston College, graduating in 1899. He was a member of the 1899 football team, "Boston College's first great team".{{cite web |url=https://www.bc.edu/libraries/about/exhibits-new/burnsvirtual/teams/2.html |title=Teams of Destiny |website=www.bc.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910075020/http://www.bc.edu/libraries/about/exhibits-new/burnsvirtual/teams/2.html |archive-date=2015-09-10}}

=Georgetown University=

Image:JoeReilly.jpg

Reilly played for the Georgetown Blue and Gray at Georgetown University. As a player, he was an All-Southern halfback and captain of the 1902 team.{{cite book|title=The Georgetown Hoyas: The Story of a Rambunctious Football Team|year=1947|page=61|author=Morris Allison Bealle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGJLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22joe+reilly%22+georgetown}}{{Cite news|url = http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=E57W4FHFMTQxMDkzNjg1OS45NzI2Mjg6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=16&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=16&p_docnum=3&p_docref=v2:11210D30DA68B248@EANX-112D32A1A96FD578@2416720-112D32A260BCB4F0@4-112D32A513322770@Johnny%20Desaulles%20Picks%20All-Southern%20Football%20Team|title = Johnny Desaulles Picks All-Southern Football Team|date = August 27, 1904|work = The State}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/fb-mvp.htm |title=Team Captains |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822162056/http://hoyasaxa.com/sports/fb-mvp.htm |archive-date=2009-08-22 }} An account of a 12–5 victory over Navy reads "No occupants of the half back positions who have been seen here this season have approached the showing made by Joe Reilly to-day."{{cite journal|journal=Army-Navy Air Force Register and Defense Times|volume=34|page=11|date=October 31, 1903|title=Service Football}} Hub Hart, who had also attended Boston College, was in the same backfield.{{Cite journal|url = http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=stylus19020101-01.2.17#|title = Notes|date = January 1, 1902|journal = The Stylus|page = 46}} Reilly also lettered in other sports, including baseball and rowing. He ran track as well, captaining the squad and called its fastest man.{{Cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/28870641/|title = GEORGETOWN THE WINNER SELECT TRACK LEADER|date = January 12, 1908|newspaper = The Washington Post}}{{Cite news|url = http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1904-03-28/ed-1/seq-8.pdf|title = World's Records For Georgetown|date = March 28, 1904|work = The Washington Times|page = 8}} He once held the record for the 220 yards.

Coaching career

From 1904 to 1907, Reilly served as the head football coach of Georgetown University. He was the first former Georgetown player to become the school's head coach.{{Cite web|url = http://abcsportscamps.com/georgetownfb/coaches|title = GU Coaches|access-date = February 6, 2015}} Reilly also coached track.

In 1908 he served as co-head football coach, with Joe Kenney, at his alma mater, Boston College. 1908 was the first season that Boston College returned to varsity status after the program was dropped in 1902. His record for the year was 2–4–2.

Kansas City Athletic Club

Reilly was director of the Kansas City Athletic Club from 1909 until 1937.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/50265490/ |title=Moments of Glory in 59 Years for K. C. A. C. |date=May 11, 1958 |work=The Kansas City Star }}{{cite news|work=St. Petersburg Times|title=Soft Life Dooms White Sprinters, Says Dr. Reilly|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19350501&id=CTdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=100DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5601,2151121|date=May 1, 1935}}