John Riley (soldier) (1805–1850), or John O'Riley, Irish-American soldier who defected from the US Army and formed the Saint Patrick's Battalion to fight for Mexico
John Riley (wrestler) (1909–1993), American wrestler who later turned to American football
John Riley (diplomat), New Zealander who lives and performs in South Korea as a diplomat and television personality
John Riley (1937–1978) was a poet who was associated with the British Poetry Revival.
Riley was born and grew up in Leeds. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1956 to 1958 and then attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating in 1961. He then worked as a teacher in various schools around the Cambridge area. During this period, he became acquainted with many of the poets who made up the Cambridge group, one of the key elements of the Revival.
He left to take up a teaching post near Oxford in 1966. That same year, he set up the Grosseteste Press with his friend Tim Longville. The pair started a magazine, Grosseteste Review, two years later. Riley retired from teaching in 1970 and returned to Leeds to write full-time. In 1977, he was received into the Orthodox Church. He was murdered near his home on the night of October 27–28, 1978.
Riley's poetry was influenced by Charles Olson and Osip Mandelshtam, whose poetry he translated into English. His first book, Ancient and Modern was published in 1967 and the posthumous The Collected Works in 1980. The latter includes the first full printing of his major long poem, Czargrad. A Selected Poems was published by Carcanet Press in 1995.
Riley studied painting under Isaac Fuller and Gerard Soest, and from the latter learnt a forcible, straightforward style of portraiture which rendered his portraits noteworthy. Riley did not attain much eminence until the death of Sir Peter Lely, when courtier and royal official Thomas Chiffinch sat for him, and was so much pleased with his portrait that he showed it to the king. Charles II gave Riley some commissions, and eventually himself sat for him, apparently saying of the result: "Is this like me? Oddsfish, then I'm an ugly fellow!" Riley also painted James II and Mary of Modena, and, on the accession of William III and Mary II, he was appointed court painter, jointly with Sir Godfrey Kneller, though he only survived for three years after this.
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... or former, speaking ill of JohnCena ... In a recent episode of the Cafe de Rene podcast featuring Rene Dupree, Ryback said that there is a tale involving Triple H, Kaitlyn, John Cena, and AlexRiley.
Field advanced three wrestlers to the district tournament, up from two a year ago, highlighted by JohnRiley's runner-up finish at 175 pounds ... John Riley (2nd at 175), Joe D'Amico (3rd at 132), Brady McCoy (3rd at 157)Kenston Sectional.
John’s wrestlers compete for titles ... John’s sophomores EdwardKessen (138) and Riley Mueller (150) each placed second in their respective weight classes on Saturday ... Sintobin is the fourth-ranked Division III wrestler in the 190-pound weight class.
Cooper Briggs, John Glenn, tallied 15 points with four 3s in a victory over Coshocton ...Riley Zamensky, John Glenn, tallied 19 points in a win over New Philadelphia.
Yankton scored 76 points on the day ... 28 ... MCM’s JacksonRemmers, the 152-pound champion, was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler. Parkston’s Riley Neugebauer earned the John Gilman Pinner’s Award for scoring four pins in 8.35 in his matches ... ....
