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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Francis Baily[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1925[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Clapton, London, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 13 October 2010 (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1938–1946 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1956 | Tottenham Hotspur | 296 | (64) |
| 1956 | Port Vale | 26 | (8) |
| 1956–1958 | Nottingham Forest | 68 | (14) |
| 1958–1960 | Leyton Orient | 29 | (3) |
| Total | 419 | (89) | |
| International career | |||
| 1950–1952 | England | 9 | (5) |
| England "B" | 3 | (1) | |
| The Football League XI | 6 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1963–1974 | Tottenham Hotspur (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edward Francis Baily (6 August 1925 – 13 October 2010) was an England international footballer. He was a 1950 FIFA World Cup squad member and scored five goals in nine international games. He was described as one of his generation's best inside forwards.
At club level, he played for Tottenham Hotspur from 1946 to 1956, helping the club to win the Second Division title in 1949–50, and then the First Division title in 1950–51; "Spurs" also finished as First Division runners-up in 1951–52. He scored 69 goals for the club in 325 games. In January 1956, he signed for Port Vale for a £7,000 fee, though he was then sold on to Nottingham Forest for the same fee ten months later after he was criticized for being too much of 'an individualist'. He was a success at Forest, helping the club to win promotion to the top flight in 1956–57. He moved on to Leyton Orient in 1958 before retiring in 1960. He was then assistant to "Spurs" manager Bill Nicholson from 1963 to 1974.