George Bayliss

George Bayliss
Personal information
Date of birth (1895-03-30)30 March 1895
Place of birth Coburg, Victoria
Date of death 2 July 1935(1935-07-02) (aged 40)
Place of death Royal Park, Melbourne
Original team(s) Balmain Church of Christ
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74.5 kg (164 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914–23 Richmond 89 (217)
1925 Footscray 9 (18)
Total 98 (235)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Bayliss (30 March 1895 – 2 July 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Victorian Football Association (VFA) over three decades.

Football

He played for the Richmond Football Club in 1914 and then again from 1916 to 1923 (inclusive).[1]

He then played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1924 then in the VFL in 1925.

He played one game for Camberwell Football Club, in Round 6, 1930.

Death

He died at the Victorian Benevolent Home, at Royal Park, Melbourne, on 2 July 1935.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ George Bayliss as Kick Second only to MacNamara, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Thursday, 4 July 1935), p.3.
  2. ^ "Former Player's Death". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 July 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 8 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

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