Henry Bailey (footballer)

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Henry Bailey
Henry Bailey, Brentford FC footballer, 1927.jpg
Bailey while with Brentford in 1927.
Personal information
Full name Henry Bailey[1]
Date of birth (1897-12-02)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
0000–1920 Millwall Athletic
1920–1923 Luton Town 82 (0)
1923–1927 Exeter City 143 (0)
1927–1929 Brentford 44 (0)
1929–1932 Thames 29 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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[]

Bailey enlisted in the Grenadier Guards in 1913 and served with the regiment during the First World War.[5]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
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[]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 14. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ "Bailey, Harry". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Harry Bailey". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 3 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Bailey Harry Luton Town 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 369–370. ISBN 0951526200.


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