Lawrie Reilly

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Lawrie Reilly
Personnel
Surname Lawrance Reilly
birthday October 28, 1928
place of birth Edinburgh ,  Scotland
date of death July 22, 2013
Place of death Edinburgh ,  Scotland
position Center Forward
Juniors
Years station
0000-1945 Edinburgh Thistle
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1945-1958 Hibernian Edinburgh 253 (185)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1948-1957 Scotland 38 0(22)
1 Only league games are given.

Lawrie Reilly (born October 28, 1928 in Edinburgh , † July 22, 2013 ibid) was a Scottish football player on the position of a center forward , who belonged to the legendary storm line of the Famous Five at his long-time club Hibernian Edinburgh .

Life

First name

Reilly was originally supposed to be given the name Lawrence (according to its correct spelling), but due to a spelling mistake by the registrar processing the birth records, Lawrance was entered in the birth certificate and retained from then on.

Childhood and youth

With organized football Reilly began in the school team of the North Merchison primary school . He spent his footballing youth with Edinburgh Thistle and in 1944 he was hired by Hibernian Edinburgh , with whom he received a professional contract in 1945 .

Hibernian

What is particularly interesting is the fact that Reilly has been a passionate hi-bees fan since childhood , although he grew up close to arch-rival Heart of Midlothian . The love for the Hibs resulted primarily from his father's Irish origins. Reilly himself once put it this way: "I was born with a green jersey on and it's the only jersey I ever want to wear."

His first use for the Hibs Reilly played in a game of the second team on August 24, 1945 at Hamilton Academical and on October 13, 1945 he was first used in a game against FC Kilmarnock in the first team.

But although Reilly came back to work in the years to come, it was not until his storm colleague Willie Ormond broke his leg and lost him due to injury for several months in the 1948/49 season before Reilly was given a regular place by taking over his position.

Because of the insufficient number of missions in the previous season 1947/48, in which the Hibs were allowed to celebrate their first championship title after 45 years, Reilly received no championship medal. But in the next championship titles in the seasons 1950/51 and 1951/52 Reilly was one of the decisive players and was top scorer three times in a row in the same seasons and again in 1952/53, when the Hibs missed the title hat trick only because of the poorer goal quotient scottish league . He was also the Hibs' most successful goalscorer in seven consecutive seasons (until 1956/57) and is still the club's record scorer.

National team

With 38 caps for the Scottish national team , Reilly is also the player who has made the most international appearances during his membership of the Hibs.

Reilly made his debut in the dress of the national team in the 3-1 win against Wales on October 23, 1948. A special game was the 2-2 against England on April 18, 1953. Reilly scored both goals for Scotland and his second goal to equalize at the very last minute earned him the nickname Last Minute Reilly . Because of a pleurisy , he missed participation in the 1954 World Cup .

Others

In 1958 he suffered a serious knee injury that marked the end of his active career at the age of 29.

After retiring from active sports, Reilly took over the Bowlers Rest pub in Leith , which was once a popular hangout for Hibs supporters and which he ran for four decades.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hibernian Historical Trust: Lawrie Reilly (English; accessed September 26, 2014)
  2. ↑ Lawrie Reilly: One of Scottish football's greatest center-forwards (English; article from July 23, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Reilly, Lawrie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reilly, Lawrance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH 22. July 2013
Place of death Edinburgh , Scotland