Ray Baillie Explained

Ray Baillie
Birth Date:14 February 1935
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec
Import:no
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lbs:170
Position1:Guard
Position2:T
Playing Years1: -
Playing Team1:Calgary Stampeders
Playing Years2: -
Playing Team2:Montreal Alouettes
Playing Years3:1957
Playing Team3:Hamilton Tiger Cats
Playing Years4: -
Playing Team4:Montreal Alouettes
Playing Years5: -
Playing Team5:Edmonton Eskimos
Playing Team6:Montreal Alouettes

Raymond Joslin Baillie (February 14, 1935 – May 10, 2015) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos, Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger Cats.[1] [2] [3] His surviving twin brother, Charlie Baillie, also played in the CFL.[4]

After his CFL career Ray Baillie coached football, for the Ville-Émard Rams, and later coached the Chomedey Chiefs (currently the Panthers). He then joined his twin brother Charlie on the coaching staff of the McGill Redmen. Ray served as defensive coordinator at McGill from 1972 to 1978, including the 1973 season when the Redmen won the Quebec championship.

His primary career was as a teacher for nearly 40 years, most notably at Chomedey Polyvalent High School in Laval, where he taught Canadian history.

After his retirement in 1994, he traveled throughout Quebec along with his wife gathering information and photography for a trilogy of books he would later publish entitled Imprints: Discovering The Historic Face of English Quebec. In 2010, he published a fourth book, Scottish Imprints in Quebec.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ray Baillie. justsportsstats.com.
  2. Web site: Author, teacher, former Alouette Ray Baillie dies at age 80. Montreal. 11 May 2015.
  3. http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/5612826-former-cfler-ray-baillie-dies-at-80/ Former CFLer Ray Baillie dies at 80
  4. Web site: OBIT: Ray Baillie, former CFL player and McGill football coach, was 80.
  5. Web site: Ray Baillie (DipEd '61), author, educator, historian, CFL player and Redmen coach, was 80 .