Joe Baillie

Infobox Football biography
playername = Joe Baillie


fullname = Joseph Baillie
dateofbirth = birth date|1929|2|26
cityofbirth = Dumfries
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = March 1966
cityofdeath = Glasgow
countryofdeath = Scotland
height =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = St Roch's
years = 1946–1954
1954–1956
1956–1957
1957–1960
1960–1961
clubs = Celtic
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol City
Leicester City
Bradford Park Avenue
caps(goals) = 107 0(0)
001 0(0) 010 0(0)
075 0(0)
007 0(1)

Joe Baillie (26 February 1929 – March 1966) was a much travelled Scottish footballer who played as a defender.

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.

After 171 appearances (and one goal) for Celtic in total, he moved south to join then-English champions Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1954. 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 before finding regular football at Leicester City. He ended his playing career by contributing to a promotion-winning season at Fourth Division Bradford Park Avenue before retiring in 1961.

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

References

* "Celtic: A Complete Record 1888-1992", Paul Lunney, ISBN 1873626274