Jack O'Reilly was an Australian rugby league player and coach for the North Sydney Bears. O'Reilly was the son of athlete Bill O'Reilly, who held a long-standing national record for the hammer throw. A utility, O'Reilly competed in first-grade for North Sydney from 1926 to 1930, making sporadic appearances as either a three-quarter or lock. He coached North Sydney to a third grade premiership in 1937, then in 1940 steered them to a reserves premiership. In the

1942 NSWRFL season The 1942 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-fifth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, whic ...

, O'Reilly served as North Sydney's first-grade coach.

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Jack O'Reilly
at Rugby League Project {{DEFAULTSORT:OReilly, Jack Year of birth missing Year of death missing Australian rugby league players North Sydney Bears players North Sydney Bears coaches Rugby league utility players Australian rugby league coaches