Henry Bailey (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henry Bailey[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 December 1897 | ||
Place of birth | Macclesfield, England | ||
Date of death | 1965 (aged 67–68) | ||
Place of death | Hammersmith, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1912–1913 | St Albans | ||
–1920 | Millwall Athletic | ||
1920–1923 | Luton Town | 82 | (0) |
1923–1927 | Exeter City | 143 | (0) |
1927–1929 | Brentford | 44 | (0) |
1929–1932 | Thames | 29 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henry Bailey (2 December 1897 – 1965), sometimes known as Harry Bailey, was an English professional footballer who made over 140 appearances as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Exeter City.[2][3] He also played league football for Luton Town, Brentford and Thames.[1][4]
Personal life
[edit]Bailey enlisted in the Grenadier Guards in 1913 and served with the regiment during the First World War.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Luton Town | 1920–21[4] | Third Division | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
1921–22[4] | Third Division South | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
1922–23[4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 82 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 89 | 0 | ||
Brentford | 1927–28[6] | Third Division South | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
1928–29[6] | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
Total | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
Career Total | 126 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 14. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "Bailey, Harry". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Harry Bailey". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Bailey Harry Luton Town 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 369–370. ISBN 0951526200.
Categories:
- 1897 births
- Footballers from Macclesfield
- 1965 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Millwall F.C. players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Thames A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Grenadier Guards soldiers
- Military personnel from Cheshire
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football goalkeeper stubs