Bailey Santistevan Explained

Bailey Joseph Santistevan Sr. (4 September 1901 in Las Animas, Colorado – 15 June 1954 in Copperton, Utah) was an American baseball and football coach. His parents were John (Juan) F. Santistevan and Teresina Hartt of Taos, New Mexico. He played semi-pro baseball. While playing in Bingham Canyon, Utah he was asked to coach sports for Bingham High School and ended with a 101-82-19 football record.[1] [2] [3] [4]

He created the Eskimo Pie league before Little League was formed as noted by John Schulian in his book, Twilight of the Long-ball Gods.[5] [6] [7] [8] Bailey was featured in the July 5, 1999 Sports Illustrated article Bailey's Boys.[9] He was inducted into the American Legion Fall of Fame where he is considered one of the most successful coaches in American Legion Baseball.[10]

He played baseball at and graduated from Colorado State University in the early 1920s.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bingham_football_season_history . Matchuput.com . 2011-11-25 . 2012-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308204427/http://www.matchuput.com/Bingham_football_season_history.html . live .
  2. Web site: 1957 he was labeled the "Dean of Utah Coaches." . 2011-11-26 . https://archive.today/20120707012548/http://binghamminers.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31&Itemid=211In . 2012-07-07 . dead .
  3. Web site: The Deseret News - Google News Archive . 1957-12-18 . 2011-11-25 . 2023-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230122111226/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19571218&id=nlszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=20kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5831,4482360 . live .
  4. Web site: Aragon . Andrew . The Salt Lake Tribune Archives - Then: Santistevan began dynasty . Archive.sltrib.com . 2006-06-26 . 2011-11-26 . 2012-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120407095021/http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3981152&itype=NGPSID&keyword=Schencker+AND+compound+constitutional+republic&qtype=all . live .
  5. Web site: Game's lure resurrected in 'Twilight' . Deseret News . 2005-05-02 . 2011-11-25.
  6. Web site: Continuum, the Magazine of the University of Utah - Fall 2004 . Continuum.utah.edu . 2011-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111103161110/http://www.continuum.utah.edu/winter04/schulian.htm . 2011-11-03 .
  7. Web site: Collection warms the wait until spring training - Chicago Tribune . Articles.chicagotribune.com . 2005-12-18 . 2011-11-26 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084635/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-12-18/entertainment/0512170125_1_baseball-fans-leagues-long-ball-gods . live .
  8. Web site: Twilight of the Long-ball Gods: Dispatches from the Disappearing Heart of Baseball. https://web.archive.org/web/20100807211355/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH2005/JSH3201/jsh3201x.pdf. dead. August 7, 2010.
  9. Web site: Bailey's Boys More than half a century ago, a crusty coach in the one-street Utah town of Bingham Canyon taught miners' sons how to play baseball--and survive in a hostile world. 2017-07-10. 2017-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20171016122027/https://www.si.com/vault/1999/07/05/8108562/baileys-boys-more-than-half-a-century-ago-a-crusty-coach-in-the-onestreet-utah-town-of-bingham-canyon-taught-miners-sons-how-to-play-baseballand-survive-in-a-hostile-world. live.
  10. Web site: AMERICAN LEGION INDUCTS 21 INTO HALL OF FAME . Deseret News . 1993-07-18 . 2011-11-25.

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