Bob Bailey

Bob Bailey
Date of birth	May 29, 1931
place of birth	Kenora , Ontario , Canada
date of death	October 24, 2003
size	183 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1949-1950	Windsor Spitfires
1950-1952	Stratford Kroehlers
1952-1953	Cleveland Barons
1953-1956	Toronto Maple Leafs
1956-1957	Springfield Indians
1957	Chicago Blackhawks
1957-1958	Detroit Red Wings
1958-1959	Cleveland Barons
1959-1960	Buffalo bison
1960-1961	Quebec Aces
1961–1962	San Francisco Seals Pittsburgh Hornets
1962-1963	Philadelphia Ramblers
1963-1964	Fort Wayne Comet
1964-1968	Dayton Gems

Bob Allan Bailey (born May 29, 1931 in Kenora , Ontario ; † October 24, 2003 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks in the 1949 to 1968 National Hockey League has played. His older brother John was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Bob Bailey began his career as a hockey player in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey Association , where he was active from 1949 to 1952 for the Windspor Spitfires and Stratford Kroehlers. After he made his professional ice hockey debut for the Toledo Mercurys from the International Hockey League towards the end of the 1951/52 season , he played for the entire following season for the Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League, with whom he won the Calder Cup for the first time , before he was sold to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer of 1953 , for which the attacker scored eleven points, including two goals, in 53 games in his rookie year in the National Hockey League . During his three years in Toronto he played parallel for their farm team from the AHL, the Pittsburgh Hornets , with whom he again won the Calder Cup in the 1954/55 season. The 1956/57 season began the right-shooter with the Springfield Indians from the AHL, before running up to 1958 for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL.

From 1958 to 1962, Bailey played in the American Hockey League for the Cleveland Barons , Buffalo Bisons , Quebec Aces and his ex-club Pittsburgh Hornets. He also ran in the 1961/62 season for the San Francisco Seals in the Western Hockey League , for which he also played the following year. From 1962 to 1964 the Canadian was meanwhile under contract with the Philadelphia Ramblers from the Eastern Hockey League . The former NHL player ended his career in the International Hockey League, where he played for the Fort Wayne Komets and Dayton Gems until 1968 . On March 17, 1970, he was inducted into the Dayton Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

• 1953 Calder Cup win with the Cleveland Barons
• 1955 Calder Cup win with the Pittsburgh Hornets

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	4th	150	15th	21st	36	207
Playoffs	4th	15th	0	4th	4th	22nd

Web links

• Bob Bailey at hockeydb.com (English)
• Bob Bailey at legendsofhockey.net (English)