For other people with the same name, see Joe Riley.
Joe Riley Gledhill (16 June 1882 – 28 February 1950) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s and 1910s, and coached rugby union in the 1910s and 1920s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Sowerby Bridge and Halifax, as a centre, stand-off or scrum-half, and coached rugby union (RU) at the newly established Halifax RUFC (formed 1919), with fellow Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee; Archie Rigg, after both of their playing careers finished.
Riley was born on 16 June 1882 in Sowerby Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire. For most of his non-rugby life, he worked for Smith, Bulmer & Co.,[4] a textile business based in Holmfield. Riley died on 28 February 1950, aged 67.[5] His funeral took place at Sowerby Bridge cemetery.[6]
Riley made his début for Halifax on Saturday 7 September 1901, he suffered a badly broken leg in the match against Bradford Northern on Saturday 2 January 1915, this fracture ended his rugby league playing career.[10]
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