Eddie Baily

Edward Francis Baily (6 August 1925 – 13 October 2010) was an England international footballer. He was a member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup squad, and scored five goals in nine international games. He was described as one of the best inside forwards of his generation.

Eddie Baily
Personal information
Full name Edward Francis Baily
Date of birth (1925-08-06)6 August 1925
Place of birth Clapton, London, England
Date of death 13 October 2010(2010-10-13) (aged 85)
Place of death Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
1938–1946 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1956 Tottenham Hotspur 296 (64)
1956 Port Vale 26 (8)
1956–1958 Nottingham Forest 68 (14)
1958–1960 Leyton Orient 29 (3)
Total 419 (89)
International career
1950–1952 England 9 (5)
England "B" 3 (1)
The Football League XI 6 (2)
Managerial career
1963–1974 Tottenham Hotspur (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

At club level, he played for Tottenham Hotspur from 1946 to 1956, helping the club to win the Second Division title in 1949–50, and then the First Division title in 1950–51; "Spurs" also finished as First Division runners-up in 1951–52. He scored 69 goals for the club in 325 games. In January 1956 he signed for Port Vale for a £7,000 fee, though was then sold on to Nottingham Forest for the same fee ten months later after he was criticized for being too much of 'an individualist'. He was a success at Forest, helping the club to win promotion to the top-flight in 1956–57. He moved on to Leyton Orient in 1958, before retiring in 1960. He was then assistant to "Spurs" manager Bill Nicholson from 1963 to 1974.

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