# Keith Reilly > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Keith_Reilly > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Keith_Reilly.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Reilly > Source revision: 1250519852 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian curler}} {{Infobox curler | name =Keith Reilly | birth_date =1938 | birth_place =[Ochre River, Manitoba](/source/Ochre_River%2C_Manitoba) | death_date={{nowrap|December 18, {{Death year and age|2012|1938}}}} | death_place=[Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) |Member Association = {{ON}} | Brier appearances = 1 ({{Brier|1967}}) | World Championship appearances = 1 (1967) | Curling club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [World Curling Championships](/source/World_Curling_Championships)}} {{MedalBronze| [1967 Perth](/source/1967_Scotch_Cup) |}} {{MedalCountry | {{ON}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [Macdonald Brier](/source/Macdonald_Brier) }} {{MedalGold | [1967 Hull](/source/1967_MacDonald_Brier) | }} }} '''Keith Allen "Wheels" Reilly''' (1938 – December 18, 2012) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [curler](/source/curling). Reilly played lead for [Alf Phillips, Jr.](/source/Alf_Phillips%2C_Jr.) at the [1967 Macdonald Brier](/source/1967_Macdonald_Brier). It was Reilly's lone Brier appearance, but the rink won, earning the right to represent Canada at the [1967 Scotch Cup](/source/1967_Scotch_Cup), the World Championships. At the Scotch Cup, the team finished the round robin in second place with a 6-1 record, but lost the semi-final match up against Scotland's [Chuck Hay](/source/Chuck_Hay). This earned a bronze medal for the team. Reilly was a teacher by profession. He would end up coaching many top teams, including [Alison Goring](/source/Alison_Goring)'s rink at the 1982 and 1983 provincial junior championships and the [1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts](/source/1990_Scott_Tournament_of_Hearts). He also coached the Japanese men's team at the 2004 [Pacific Curling Championships](/source/Pacific_Curling_Championships). He would later move on to officiating curling events, and was the chief umpire at the [2010 Tim Hortons Brier](/source/2010_Tim_Hortons_Brier), the [2011 Tim Hortons Brier](/source/2011_Tim_Hortons_Brier), the [2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship](/source/2009_Canadian_Mixed_Curling_Championship), the 2002 [Arctic Winter Games](/source/Arctic_Winter_Games), 3 [Canada Winter Games](/source/Canada_Winter_Games) and at the [2010 World Senior Curling Championships](/source/2010_World_Senior_Curling_Championships). He would officiate events in every year from 1985 to 2012. After a lengthy hospital stay, Reilly died on December 18, 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=161868450|title = Keith REILLY Obituary (2012) - Toronto Star |website = [Legacy.com](/source/Legacy.com) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175212/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=161868450 |archivedate=2018-01-08}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{sports links}} *[https://stats.curling.io/players/reilly-keith Keith Reilly – Curling Canada Stats Archive] *[http://www.curling.ca/blog/2012/12/19/keith-reilly-1938-2012/ Keith Reilly (1938-2012)] *[http://bobweeksoncurling.blogspot.ca/2012/12/the-passing-of-wheels.html The Passing of Wheels] *Video: {{YouTube|C6gIzx6PHG0|1967 MacDonald Brier (Hull, Quebec)}} (YouTube-channel "Curling Canada") {{DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Keith}} Category:1938 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Curlers from Ontario Category:Canadian educators Category:Brier champions Category:Canadian curling coaches Category:Canadian male curlers Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Keith Reilly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Reilly) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Reilly?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.