Major League Baseball Player, Hockey Player. A native of Bayfield, New Brunswick, he was one of the first athletes to play both professional hockey and baseball, the other being Andrew Ewing 'Andy' Kyle. After leaving his hometown of Bayfield, New Brunswick, he began playing hockey in Calgary, Alberta, for the Calgary Victorias in 1914. Riley stayed with Calgary until 1915, then went to British Columbia and played for the Victoria Aristocrats from 1915 to 1916, and then finally headed to Washington State where he played off and on for the Seattle Metropolitans of the PCHA League from 1916 to 1924. In 1917, he helped the team win the Stanley Cup. On April 12, 1918, he married his sweetheart Myrtle, and then went to Vancouver, where he was drafted on April 15, 1918, and sent overseas to serve in World War I. A tinsmith by trade, Riley was assigned to the Canadian Engineers Unit and sent to Seaforth, England, where he served from August 15, 1918 to October 7, 1919, before being discharged, due to the breakup of his unit. By the end of his military career, he was twice promoted, including to the rank of Sergeant. After returning to the United States, he was again involved in sports and got involved in baseball. He continued to play hockey with the Seattle Metropolitans until 1924, but in on July 3, 1921, he made his major league debut playing with the St. Louis Browns, and then finally the Washington Senators in 1923. He continued to play baseball for over 12 years ending up in places like Terre Haute, Indiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, Topeka, Kansas, Salt Lake City, Utah, baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, and Dallas, Texas. During this time Riley met his second wife, Martha, who was the mother of the batboy, of a team he played for while in Shreveport. In 1926, after a two year hiatus from playing hockey he returned to the game and played for the Dallas Texans from 1926 to 1927, the Chicago Blackhawks from 1926 to 1927, the Detroit Tigers from 1926 to 1927, and the Los Angeles Richfields from 1928 to 1929. A member of the PCHA Second All-Star Team in 1920, 1921, and 1922, and a member of the PCHA First All-Star Team in 1922, Riley called it quits after the 1928 to 1929 hockey season. After retiring he worked for the National Distillery. Riley who had lived in Dallas, Texas, for a number of years, moved to Seguin, Texas, in 1960, with his wife, Martha. Also and avid golfer in both his early (he won a amateur golf title in Vancouver in the 1920s) and later years, he won the United States National Senior Division Left-Handed Golf Tournament in North Carolina in the 1960s. He was awarded the Sterling Silver Bowl for his achievement. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and he passed away at his home in Seguin, Texas, on his 74th birthday, May 25, 1969. His wife moved to Kerrville, Texas, following his death and she passed away in 1973. Riley was posthumously inducted into the New Brunswick Hall of Fame as a Sports Pioneer in 2000.