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]

Personal life

Riley enlisted in the Royal Air Force in February 1939, and was transferred to active service soon after the start of the Second World War.[5] As part of No. 263 Squadron, he took part in the Battle of Britain flying Supermarine Spitfires.[5] On 7 December 1942, Riley, by then a Flight Lieutenant, was shot down and killed during a reconnaissance mission over France.[5] He was buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Frederick Riley – FIFA 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.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "The Airmen's Stories – P/O F Riley". The Battle of Britain London Monument. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Casualty Details: Riley, Frederick". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 6 May 2020.


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