Ollie Reilly

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|county = Louth

|province = Leinster

|club = Hunterstown Rovers

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|birth_place = Ardee, County Louth, Ireland

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Oliver Reilly (1936 – 4 April 2009) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Louth senior team lasted seven seasons from 1955 until 1962.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/ollie-reilly-played-central-part-in-louths-57-success-27132907.html|title=Ollie Reilly played central part in Louth's '57 success|publisher=Drogheda Independent|accessdate=8 October 2017|date=8 April 2009|first=|last=}}

Born in Ardee, County Louth, Reilly was raised in a strong Gaelic football household. His father, Stephen Reilly, won a Leinster medal with the Louth junior team in 1912.

Reilly first played competitive Gaelic football with the Hunterstown Rovers club. He won a county minor championship medal in 1954 before later joining the club's adult team. Reilly won a county junior championship medal in 1959.

Reilly made his first appearance on the inter-county scene as a member of the Louth minor team in 1954. He later joined the Louth junior team before making his senior debut during the 1955-56 league. Over the following seven seasons Reilly enjoyed much success, culminating with the winning of a set of All-Ireland and Leinster medals in 1957. A gall stones operation hastened his retirement from inter-county Gaelic football in 1962. He is the father of Hollywood film director Fergal Reilly.