Lawrie Reilly Football player

Lawrance "Lawrie" Reilly (28 October 1928 - 22 July 2013) was a Scottish football player. He was one of the "Famous Five", the Hibernian forward line during the late 1940s and early 1950s, along with Bobby Johnstone, Gordon Smith, Eddie Turnbull, and Willie Ormond. Reilly is rated amongst the top forwards in Scottish football history and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Reilly Lawrance
Birth dateOctober 28, 1928
Birth place
Edinburgh , Scotland national football team
Date of deathJuly 22, 2013

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
Hibernian F.C.
Scotland national football team
Scottish Football League XI

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Adam BlacklawSports manager

Lawrie Reilly on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/football_legends/11907.shtml
  2. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/lawriereilly.html