Joe Kilroy

"Smokin" Joe Kilroy (born 21 June 1960) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.

A Queensland State of Origin representative wing/fullback, he played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership with Brothers and Northern Suburbs club and in the Sydney Rugby League Premiership with the Brisbane Broncos.

He subsequently spent 11 years in the care of the Sisters of Mercy at Nudgee, before being sent to the controversial BoysTown school, where he was assaulted regularly by staff.

His big year however was 1988, when he played in the first ever Brisbane Broncos match as well as the State of Origin.

Kilroy was runner-up to Tony Obst for the Brisbane Rugby League Rothman's Medal in 1980.