Jeff Riley


Thomas Jefferson Riley was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of Samuel Thompson Riley, and Jane Riley, née Hughes, Thomas Jefferson Riley was born at Dargo, Victoria on 16 January 1880.
He married Edith Selina Collins in 1902.

Football

Cleared to St Kilda from the Warrior Football Club in the Goldfields Football League on 26 May 1909. he played his only senior VFL game, against Geelong on 5 June 1909.

Politics

He was President of the Carnegie Ratepayers' Association, and was elected to the Caulfield City Council in 1922.
He was the Liberal candidate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly's seat of Oakleigh in 1927.
He was the President of the Old Westralians Association in 1929.

Death

He died on 1 March 1954 at Murrumbeena, Victoria.