Elmer Bailey

{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2017}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Elmer Bailey

|number=88, 87, 83

|position=Wide receiver

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1957|12|13}}

|birth_place=Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|height_in=0

|weight_lb=196

|high_school=Mechanic Arts
(Saint Paul, Minnesota)

|college=Minnesota

|draftyear=1980

|draftround=4

|draftpick=100

|pastteams=

• Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1980|1981}})
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1982}})
• Denver Gold ({{USFL Year|1984}})

|highlights =

• First-team All-Big Ten (1979)

|statlabel1=Receptions

|statvalue1=4

|statlabel2=Receiving yards

|statvalue2=105

|pfr=BailEl20

}}

Elmer Francis Bailey (born December 13, 1957) is an American former professional football player who spent three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Colts between 1980 and 1982. Bailey appeared in 31 career games after being drafted from the University of Minnesota, he also attended Lincoln (MO) before transferring to Minnesota.{{cite book|title=The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia|date=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4216-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/espnprofootballe00ster/page/47 47]|edition=first|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/espnprofootballe00ster/page/47}}