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John Horn Riley (June 13, 1909 – March 22, 1993) was an American football tackle in the National Football League for the Boston Redskins. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.

Early life

Riley was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, as well as St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin. While at St. Johns, he participated in rowing and captained a championship crew in 1927.

College career

Football

Riley attended and played college football at Northwestern University. While he was there, Northwestern had a 20-5-1 record and won two Big Ten Conference championships. He was named an All-American in 1931.

Wrestling

Riley also wrestled at Northwestern and was the national collegiate heavyweight champion in 1931 and 1932. He then won a silver medal in wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics, behind Swede Johan Richthoff and ahead of Austrian Nickolaus Hirschl.

Professional career

John A. "Jack" Riley Jr. (born December 30, 1935) is an American comedic character actor. He is known for playing Elliot Carlin in the The Bob Newhart Show and voicing Stu Pickles in Rugrats and All Grown Up!

Early life

Riley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Agnes C. (née Corrigan) and John A. Riley.

After attending Saint Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, he served in the United States Army. After being discharged, Riley became a popular radio personality in Cleveland, along with his radio partner and "straight man" Jeff Baxter; The Baxter & Riley Show on WERE (1300 AM) featured not only music but comedy sketches and a slew of offbeat characters that Riley and Baxter voiced.

The show expanded for a time to local television on WEWS. Riley gave up the radio show in the mid 1960s and moved to Los Angeles, where his friend Tim Conway helped him receive work writing comedy sketches, which later led to acting jobs. On May 18, 1975, he married Ginger Lawrence. They have two children.