Ronald Riley

Ronald William "Ron" Riley OAM (born 14 September 1947) is a retired field hockey striker from Australia, who twice won the silver medal with the Men's National Team, first at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and then eight years later, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[2] He was educated at the St. Joseph's College, Nainital in India.

Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City[1]	Team competition
	1976 Montreal[1]	Team competition

Riley was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1995 for service to hockey.[3]

International tournaments

1968 – Olympic Games, Mexico City (2nd)[1]
1972 – Olympic Games, Munich (5th)
1976 – Olympic Games, Montreal (2nd)[1]
1980 – Champions Trophy, Karachi (3rd)
1980 – Olympic Games, Moscow (DNC)

References

"Historic Men's Field Hockey Team Competition". CNN Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011.
"Athlete Ronald Riley Hockey". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
"Ronald William Riley". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

External links

Ronald Riley at Olympedia

Ronald Riley at the Australian Olympic Committee

Australia squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Dearing 2 Evans 3 Glencross (c) 4 Haigh 5 Martin 6 Mason 7 Nilan 8 E Pearce 9 G Pearce 10 J Pearce 11 Piper 12 Quine 13 Riley 14 Smart 15 Busch

Australia squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Glencross 2 Haigh 3 Andrew 4 Browning 5 Charlesworth 6 Dearing 7 Golder 8 Hammond 9 Mason 10 McAskell 11 Nilan 12 Piper 13 Reid 14 Riley 15 Smart 16 Wilson

Australia squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Bell 2 Browning 3 Charlesworth 4 Cooke 5 Dancer 6 Golder 7 Haigh (c) 8 Hammond 9 Irvine 10 Poole 11 Proctor 12 Reid 13 Riley 14 Smith 15 Walsh

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