Horace Bailey

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Non-starter
SexMale
Full nameHorace Peter•Bailey
Used nameHorace•Bailey
Born3 July 1881 in Derby, England (GBR)
Died1 August 1960 in Langford, England (GBR)
AffiliationsLeicester City, Leicester (GBR) / Birmingham City FC, Birmingham (GBR)
NOC Great Britain
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Apart from his three games in the 1908 Olympic tournament, Bailey kept goal for England in five full and eight amateur internationals. He made his amateur international début against Wales in February 1908 and three weeks later he won full international honors when the opponents were again Wales. His other full international caps came during England’s tour of Central Europe in June 1908 and he made the last of his amateur international appearances in 1913. Bailey, who was employed by the Midland Railway as a rating official, was rather below the average height of first-class goalkeepers but he was the outstanding amateur keeper of his time. He first signed with Derby County in 1899 and then played for Ripley Athletic and Leicester Imperial before joining Leicester Fosse in 1907. He was the first player from the Leicester Fosse club to be capped, and played a major part in their promotion to the Division of the Football League at the end of the 1907-08 season. In 1910 he returned to Derby County to help them out of an injury crisis, but the following season he moved to Birmingham where he finished his playing days. In the three Olympic matches in 1908, Bailey only conceded one goal and that was an own goal – Chapman, the English centre-half, deflected the ball into his own net in the match against Sweden.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Football (Football) GBR Horace Bailey
Football, Men (Olympic) Great Britain 1 Gold
1912 Summer Olympics Football (Football) GBR Horace Bailey
Football, Men (Olympic) Great Britain DNS