Dan Bailey (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dan Bailey

| image =

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| fullname = Daniel Bailey{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=14}}

| birth_date = 26 June 1893

| birth_place = East Ham, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|4|3|1893|6|26|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://cafcfactsstats.com/players-a-b/ |title=Players A – B |date=1 June 2016 |website=CAFC Facts & Stats |language=en |access-date=11 February 2020}}

| death_place = Norwich, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}{{cite news |title=The lure of promotion. Clapton Orient |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=13 August 1923 |page=6}}

| position = Inside right

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1912

| clubs1 = Custom House

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| years2 = 1912–1921

| clubs2 = West Ham United

| caps2 = 84

| goals2 = 22

| years3 = 1921–1922

| clubs3 = Charlton Athletic

| caps3 = 33

| goals3 = 8

| years4 = 1922–1923

| clubs4 = Clapton Orient

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 4

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| clubs5 = Margate

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Daniel Bailey (26 June 1893 – 3 April 1967) was an English professional football inside right who played in the Football League for West Ham United, Charlton Athletic and Clapton Orient.

Bailey began his footballing career with Custom House and joined West Ham United in 1912, for whom he made 49 appearances, scoring 13 goals, in the Southern League.{{cite book |last1=Hogg |first1=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |date=2005 |publisher=Profile Sports |location=London |isbn=1903135508 |pages=23}} After service as a private in Egypt with the Machine Gun Corps during the First World War,{{Lives of WWI|id=125798}}. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 15 August 2020. Bailey rejoined West Ham making 35 appearances in the club's first seasons in the Football League, and then joined Charlton Athletic in 1922, making 33 appearances and scoring eight goals.{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=Neilson N |last2=Ravenhill |first2=Alan E |title=The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club |date=2002 |publisher=Tempus Publishing |isbn=0752424122 |page=24}} He joined Clapton Orient in July 1922, making 19 League and cup appearances, scoring four goals, in the 1922–23 season after which he joined Margate.