Joe Baillie

Joe Baillie
Personal information
Full name Joseph Baillie
Date of birth (1929-02-26)26 February 1929
Place of birth Garngad, Glasgow Scotland
Date of death March 1966 (age 37)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position Defender
Youth career
St Roch's
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1954 Celtic 107 (0)
1954–1956 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (0)
1956–1957 Bristol City 10 (0)
1957–1960 Leicester City 75 (0)
1960–1961 Bradford Park Avenue 7 (1)
National team
1951–1952 Scottish League XI 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Joe Baillie (26 February 1929 – March 1966) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender, making over 100 appearances for Celtic before moving to English football.

Career

Baillie played the majority of his games for Celtic, where he was most famous for his partnership at left-half with Celtic legend Bobby Evans which helped the team lift the 1951 Scottish Cup. He had joined the club in 1946 and remained with the Bhoys for eight years. He made 171 first team appearances for Celtic, scoring one goal. During his time with Celtic, Baillie represented the Scottish League XI three times.[1]

In 1954 he moved south to join then-English champions Wolverhampton Wanderers. However his time at Molineux was unsuccessful and he managed just one first team appearance (a 6–4 win against Huddersfield in February 1955).

He moved to Bristol City in 1956 where he had an equally brief stay.

He next again gave him regular football when he joined Leicester City. His manager when he joined Leicester was also from Dumfries, Dave Halliday.[2] Together they won the Second Division title in 1956-57 earning promotion to the top tier of English football.

He ended his playing career by contributing to a promotion-winning season at Fourth Division Bradford Park Avenue before retiring in 1961.

He died in a car crash in the Maryhill district of Glasgow in March 1966.

Honours

References

  1. "Joe Baillie". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  2. Dave Halliday profile
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