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| Birth name | Murray Stewart Riley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 1st 2020 (aged 94) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Police officer, Olympian, Criminal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Murray Stewart Riley (5 October 1925 – 2020) was an Australian Olympic rowing athlete, who, after leaving a career as a police officer, gained notoriety as a criminal.[1] Riley represented Australia at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics in double scull rowing, winning a bronze medal in 1956. He served as a police officer in Sydney from 1943 until 1962, when he resigned after disciplinary charges were leveled against him. After his resignation from the police, Riley embarked on a criminal career that included convictions for drug trafficking and fraud. He was implicated in the Nugan Hand Bank scandal and associated with leading figures in the American Mafia, including Jimmy Fratianno of the Los Angeles crime family and corrupt Teamsters official Michael Rudy Tham. He died in 2020 at the age of 94.[2][3]
- ^ Hickie D. 1985,The Prince and the Premier: The story of Perce Galea, Bob Askin and the others who gave organised crime its start in Australia, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson Publishers, pgs. 31–33, 147–8, 168, 170, 234–253
- ^ Giving his family a last laugh,died on April fools day!Olympedia: Murray Riley
- ^ Incredible true story of an Olympic athlete turned cop, turned kingpin criminal mastermind