Jack O'Reilly

Jack O'Reilly (born 7 May 1914, date of death unknown) was an Irish footballer. He was born in Cobh.

For the Irish Gaelic footballer, see Jack O'Reilly (Gaelic footballer). For other people, see John O'Reilly (disambiguation).
Jack O'Reilly
Personal information
Full name John O'Reilly
Date of birth (1914-05-07)7 May 1914
Place of birth Cobh, Ireland
Position(s) Outside Right
Youth career
1934 Cobh Ramblers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1936 Cork ? (?)
1936–1939 Norwich City 33 (11)
1939–1948 Cork United ? (?)
1948–1950 Cork Athletic ? (?)
National team
1943–1955 League of Ireland XI 5 (0)
1946–1952 Ireland 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He joined Cork in 1935 as an outside right. The following year he was a runner up in the FAI Cup Final to Shamrock Rovers. However shortly afterwards he became embroiled in controversy when it emerged that, together with Owen Madden, he had signed for Norwich City before playing in the cup final on April 19. When Cork F.C., who received no fee, protested over the moves, both O'Reilly and Madden were suspended by the FAI for three years.

Although he scored twice on his Norwich debut he was never a regular and returned to Cork in 1939 where he went on to win six League of Ireland championships and 2 FAI Cups. Played in a total of 5 Cup Finals scoring seven times. Scored twice in the 1941 FAI Cup final.[1]

He won his two senior caps for Ireland in the space of a week in 1946. He scored on his debut on June 16 in a 3-1 defeat to Portugal and seven days later won his only other cap in a 1-0 win over Spain in Madrid. After retiring from the game, O'Reilly emigrated to Canada.

Honours

References
  1. www.irishtimes.com

Sources
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