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Roy Bailey (Australian footballer)

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Roy Bailey
Personal information
Date of birth 1889
Place of birth Albany, Western Australia
Date of death 1935 (aged 45–46)
Original team(s) Lefroy (TANFL)
Career highlights

Roy Bailey (1889–1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Lefroy Football Club in the Tasmanian Football League between 1907–1914.[1]

Football career

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Bailey was of Tasmanian Football's first star players and in 1907 became a regular player in the Lefroy team. In the next eight seasons, Bailey was one of the finest defenders in Tasmania.

Bailey played in 2 premierships for Lefroy in the TFL 1907, 1912 and 1 State Premiership also in 1912.[2]

Bailey would not play football after 1914, ending his career aged 25.

References

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  1. ^ "Football. Lefroy V. North Hobart". Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 – 1954). 16 September 1912. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Lefroy Football Club".
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