About William Heap Bailey
Lived 1847 – 1926 (aged 78). William Heap Bailey was a British association football player.
William Heap Bailey (28 February 1847 – 1 February 1926)
Bailey attended the Derby Mechanics Institution and joined the Civil Service in 1864 as an assistant bookkeeper in the Science & Arts Department. In 1866, he moved to the Civil Service Commission and then in 1869 to the Paymaster General's office. becoming the club captain. In the match report in the Sporting Gazette, Bailey's name is mis-spelt as "Baillie".
Later career In about 1870, Bailey joined the Bass Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent, and later returned to London as their local manager. On 24 July 1900, he is listed as a shareholder in a petition to wind up Doherty Iron Castings Process Limited. He is described as a "gentleman". Other petitioners include Dugald Drummond, the locomotive engineer.
In 1881, he married Louisa Cartlidge; they had one son and two daughters.
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Who was William Heap Bailey?
British association football player (1847-1926)
When was William Heap Bailey born?
William Heap Bailey was born on 28 February 1847 in Melbourne.
When did William Heap Bailey die?
William Heap Bailey died on 1 February 1926.
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William Heap Bailey was an association football player.
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William Heap Bailey was British.
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