By Bailey

Bailey was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but moved to Seattle when he was 14, and played his college ball at Washington State. By played for Detroit in 1952 when they won the NFL championship (no Super Bowl yet), but was traded to Green Bay the following year. Not happy with the way things were being run in Green Bay, Bailey came North to Canada. Bailey joined the BC (then Vancouver) Lions in their first season in 1954 and became the first star of the new franchise. For baseball fans, you could consider By Bailey to be the equivalent of Rusty Staub for the expansion Montreal Expos in 1969. Fittingly enough, Bailey played his entire caree for BC and in his last year in 1964 the Lions won their first Grey Cup. Listed as a fullback, Bailey had more speed than we tend to associate with that position today. As proof of this, Bailey was consistently among the Kickoff Return leaders in the West. By was a Western All-Star at running back in 1957(there were no CFL All-Stars until 1962). During the latter part of his career, Bailey was shifted to defence with the arrival of a flashy new running back in Willie Fleming. Bailey continued to thrive as a top defensive back with 12 interceptions in his final three years, including 8 in 1963 which was good for second best in the West. By Bailey was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Bailey became a Canadian citizen in 1959, and remained in BC after his retirement. Among other post football accomplishments, Bailey was active in business, helped coach high school football, and was a member of the BC Lions Board of Directors.

NFL Stats for By Bailey

**GP, Rushing, Receiving and Points**
Year	Team	GP	TC	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	PTS
1954	BC		102	376	3.6	3	25	3	15	5	0	8	15
1955	BC		79	395	4.8	2	18	12	158	13.1	0	63	10
1956	BC		134	62	4.6	1	19	14	294	21	2	72	24
1957	BC		184	885	4.8	11	30	24	188	7.8	0	22	66
1958	BC		99	489	4.9	4	45	16	131	8.1	0	29	24
1959	BC		33	142	4.3	0	16	4	39	9.7	0	14	6
1960	BC		68	342	5	3	33	14	156	11.1	0	31	18
1961	BC		76	386	5	1	36	12	125	10.4	0	2	6
1962	BC		8	19	5	0	2	2	55	27.5	0	47	0
1963	BC		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	BC	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

**KO and Punt Returns**
Year	Team	KOR	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	PR	Yds	Avg	Long
1954	BC	4	44	11	0	19	0	0	0	0
1955	BC	3	71	23.7	0	44	0	0	0	0
1956	BC	24	680	28.3	1	96	0	0	0	0
1957	BC	22	585	26.5	0	51	0	0	0	0
1958	BC	24	569	23.7	0	68	0	0	0	0
1959	BC	13	336	25.8	0	35	0	0	0	0
1960	BC	12	332	27.6	0	59	0	0	0	0
1961	BC	16	312	19.5	0	32	0	0	0	0
1962	BC	10	185	18.5	0	30	0	0	0	0
1963	BC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	BC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2

**Interceptions**
Year	Team	Int	Yds	Avg	Long
1954	BC	0	0	0	0
1955	BC	0	0	0	0
1956	BC	0	0	0	0
1957	BC	0	0	0	0
1958	BC	0	0	0	0
1959	BC	0	0	0	0
1960	BC	0	0	0	0
1961	BC	0	0	0	0
1962	BC	3	59	19.7
1963	BC	8	85	10.6
1964	BC	1	0	0	0

**Fumbles**
Year	Team	F
1954	BC	0
1955	BC	2
1956	BC	0
1957	BC	1
1958	BC	3
1959	BC	0
1960	BC	2
1961	BC	0
1962	BC	1
1963	BC	0
1964	BC	0

** Fumbles Lost (FL) stat not kept during these years