John "Jack" Joseph Riley (b. December 29, 1910 - d. 1994) was a professional ice hockey centre during the 1930s in the NHL and AHA.
Born in Berckenla, Ireland, United Kingdom, Riley was raised in Alberta, playing for the Calgary Indians of the Calgary City Junior Hockey League. He was member of a Memorial Cup losing side while with the Indians.
Riley played four seasons in the NHL, primarily with the Montreal Canadiens. Following 104 NHL games he scored a total of 10 goals and 22 assists for 32 points, recording just 8 penalty minutes. He would go on to play in the AHA and lead the Tulsa Oilers in scoring during the 1936–37 season. His death was recorded in the British Columbia death records index.
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“Wild Bill was indulging in his favorite pastime of a friendly game of cards in the old No. 10 saloon. For the second time in his career, he was sitting with his back to an open door. Jack McCall walked in, shot him through the back of the head, and rushed from the place, only to be captured shortly afterward. Wild Bill’s dead hand held aces and eights, and from that time on this has been known in the West as “the dead man’s hand.””
—State of South Dakota, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Little Orphant Annie’s come to our house to stay,
An’ wash the cups an’ saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away,”
—James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)