David Baillie (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 June 1905 | ||
Place of birth | Ilford, Essex | ||
Date of death | November 1967 (aged 62) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Coryton | |||
1925–1929 | West Ham United | 16 | (0) |
Chester City | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Baillie (6 June 1905 – November 1967) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Coryton, West Ham United and Chester City.
Career
[edit]Baillie started his career with Coryton before signing for West Ham in 1925.[1] He remained with West Ham for six seasons but made only 17 appearances[2] in all competitions and was mainly used as an understudy to first choice keeper, Ted Hufton. He moved to Chester in 1929 under the managership of Charlie Hewitt and, at the end of his footballing career, returned to Upton Park where he took up the post of assistant groundsman.[3]
Baillie died in 1967.
References
[edit]- ^ Goalies
- ^ Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics David Baillie
- ^ West Ham United Who's Who - A player by player guide to West Ham United F.C. London: independent UK Sports Publications. 1995. p. 15. ISBN 1-899429-01-8.
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1967 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff
- Footballers from the London Borough of Redbridge
- People from Ilford
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football goalkeeper stubs