[1] In 2006, Bailey was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.

[3] Following his high school graduation, Bailey played collegiately as a halfback at Washington State University, where he is 5th place all-time for the longest run from scrimmage, 84 yards, against UCLA in a 1949 contest.

Unhappy with his playing time in Green Bay, Bailey, recruited by CFL legend and the first head coach of the B.C.

Bailey was the Lions' leading rusher and offensive captain from 1955 to 1960, and twice led the CFL Western Division in kick-off returns.

[5] That same year, Bailey won the Bobby Bourne Memorial Trophy as the Lions' "Most Popular Player.

[6] In November, 2006, Bailey was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.

After remarrying in 1989, Bailey moved north of Kelowna, British Columbia near where the Lions would hold their spring training camps.