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In the 1920s at Colorado State University

Bailey Joseph Santistevan Sr. (4 September 1901 in Las Animas, Colorado – 15 June 1954 in Copperton, Utah) was an American baseball coach. His parents were John (Juan) F. Santistevan and Teresina Hartt of Taos, New Mexico. He played semi-pro baseball. While playing in Bingham Canyon, Utah he was asked to coach sports for Bingham High School and ended with a 101-82-19 football record.[1][2][3][4]

He created the Eskimo Pie league before Little League was formed as noted by John Schulian in his book, Twilight of the Long-ball Gods.[5][6][7][8] Bailey was featured in the July 5, 1999 Sports Illustrated article Bailey's Boys.[9] He was inducted into the American Legion Fall of Fame where he is considered one of the most successful coaches in American Legion Baseball.[10]

He played baseball at and graduated from Colorado State in the early 1920s.

References

  1. ^ "Bingham_football_season_history". Matchuput.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  2. ^ "1957 he was labeled the "Dean of Utah Coaches."". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  3. ^ "The Deseret News - Google News Archive". News.google.com. 1957-12-18. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  4. ^ Aragon, Andrew (2006-06-26). "The Salt Lake Tribune Archives - Then: Santistevan began dynasty". Archive.sltrib.com. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  5. ^ "Game's lure resurrected in 'Twilight'". Deseret News. 2005-05-02. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  6. ^ "Continuum, the Magazine of the University of Utah - Fall 2004". Continuum.utah.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  7. ^ "Collection warms the wait until spring training - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 2005-12-18. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  8. ^ http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH2005/JSH3201/jsh3201x.pdf
  9. ^ https://www.si.com/vault/1999/07/05/8108562/baileys-boys-more-than-half-a-century-ago-a-crusty-coach-in-the-onestreet-utah-town-of-bingham-canyon-taught-miners-sons-how-to-play-baseballand-survive-in-a-hostile-world
  10. ^ "AMERICAN LEGION INDUCTS 21 INTO HALL OF FAME". Deseret News. 1993-07-18. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
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