Bill Bailey (rugby league)

Bill Bailey
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Mac Bailey
Born(1888-01-27)27 January 1888
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Died5 November 1952(1952-11-05) (aged 64)
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Playing information
PositionCentre / Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1908–09 Newcastle Rebels 15 17 3 0 57
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1908 New South Wales 2 1 0 0 3
1908 Australia

William Mac Bailey (27 January 1888 – 5 November 1952) was an Australian rugby league player.

Bailey, known as "Jerry", was a three-quarter and started playing rugby league as a member of the newly formed Newcastle Rebels in the 1908 NSWRFL season. His first season was good enough to earn him a national call up for the 1908–09 tour of Great Britain, where he was restricted to the minor matches. He scored nine tries for Newcastle in 1909 to help them make the finals, then after the Rebels folded joined the Souths Newcastle club.[1]

A barber by profession, Bailey served three years as president of Newcastle Rugby League and also coached locally during his post-playing career. He is a member of the Hunter Academy of Sport Hall of Fame.[2]

Bailey's grandson, Gary Martine, played for Parramatta in the 1980s.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Pioneer of Rugby Dies". The Daily Mirror. 10 November 1952. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ ""Jerry" Bailey, Footballer". The Referee. 22 June 1932. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Gary Martine - Playing Career - RLP". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.