Background
REILLY, JOHN was born on March 21, 1962 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States.
REILLY, JOHN was born on March 21, 1962 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States.
Rutgers University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1984). Seton Hall University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1987). Omicron Delta Epsilon.
Reilly began his career with Dundee United, signing as a schoolboy from Strathtay Boys Club in 1979. Played for Scotland U"17s and U"18"s professional youth side before making his 1st team debut in August 1980. Signing for Motherwell in 1985, Reilly suffered an achilles tendon injury in his 1st game for the club and despite seeing several specialists over the next 18 months was forced into early retirement.
After revolutionary surgery 5 years later however, he was able to continue playing and went on to play a handful of games for a number of Scottish lower league clubs, including Dunfermline Athletic and East Fife, while taking on a player/manager role at Cowdenbeath F.C. After retiring for the second time in the mid-1990s, Reilly remains in the game working as a journalist covering lower Division football for a National newspaper.
Reilly was inducted into Dundee Uniteds Hall Of Fame in February 2013. Dundee United.
New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.