1. Edward Francis Baily was an England international footballer.
20 Facts About Eddie Baily
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Eddie Baily was a 1950 FIFA World Cup squad member and scored five goals in nine international games.
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Eddie Baily was described as one of his generation's best inside forwards.
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Eddie Baily scored 69 goals for the club in 325 games.
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Eddie Baily moved on to Leyton Orient in 1958 before retiring in 1960.
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Eddie Baily was then assistant to "Spurs" manager Bill Nicholson from 1963 to 1974.
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Edward Francis Eddie Baily was born on 6 August 1925 in Clapton, London.
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Eddie Baily died on 13 October 2010 at Welwyn Garden City after a short illness.
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Eddie Baily was survived by wife, Elsie, son, Graham and daughter, Jane.
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Eddie Baily joined Tottenham Hotspur as a 14-year-old in 1938, succeeding in the club's youth set-up.
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Eddie Baily played cricket for the Essex County Cricket Club Second XI and found work at a printing company and a stock brokerage firm.
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Eddie Baily debuted as an amateur on 19 January 1947 against West Bromwich Albion.
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On 2 April 1952, in a match against Huddersfield Town at White Hart Lane, Eddie Baily caused controversy after he took a corner kick by hitting the ball against the referee, before crossing it into the box for Len Duquemin to score the winning goal.
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On 2 July 1950, Eddie Baily won his first cap for England against Spain in the World Cup finals in Brazil.
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Eddie Baily went on to play in nine international games between 1950 and 1952, scoring five goals.
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Eddie Baily played against Spain, Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, Wales, Austria, and Switzerland.
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Eddie Baily won three caps for the England "B" team and represented the Football League six times.
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Eddie Baily was described in The Guardian as "the quintessential cheeky Cockney, a dazzling technician, a razor-sharp passer of the ball, excitingly quick in thought and movement, one of the best inside-forwards of his era".
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In October 1963 he returned to Tottenham Hotspur to become the assistant manager under Bill Nicholson, and remained with him until Nicholson departed in August 1974, Eddie Baily quit White Hart Lane the following month.
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Eddie Baily was responsible for bringing, among others, future West Ham and England player, Alan Devonshire to Upton Park.