Lawrie Reilly

Lawrie Reilly
Personal information
Full name Lawrance Reilly[1]
Date of birth 28 October 1928
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 22 July 2013(2013-07-22) (aged 84)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1958 Hibernian 253 (185)
International career
1948–1957 Scotland 38 (22)
1948–1956 Scottish Football League XI 14 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lawrance Reilly (28 October 1928 – 22 July 2013) was a Scottish footballer. 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.[3]

  1. ^ A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18. 7. John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine. 2018.
  2. ^ "Lawrence Reilly". London Hearts. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. ^ Smith, Aidan (18 September 2010). "Interview: Lawrie Reilly – 'That rampant lion on your breast was the greatest feeling'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 1 October 2010.