Frederick Riley (footballer)

Frederick Riley
Personal information
Date of birth (1912-01-09)9 January 1912
Place of birth Manchester, England
Date of death 7 December 1942(1942-12-07) (aged 30)
Place of death Desvres, France
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Casuals
International career
1936 Great Britain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Riley (9 January 1912 – 7 December 1942) was an English footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1][2] Riley played amateur football for Casuals. He was killed when his plane was shot down over France during World War II.[3][4]

  1. ^ Frederick RileyFIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "Frederick Riley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Frederick Riley". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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