[1] He attended the University of Washington and was a member of the football team from 1946–1949; he played in the 1949 East-West Shrine Game.

[2] At 6-foot-5-inches tall and 230 pounds, the power that Bayer could generate was astonishing.

[4] Bayer won four times on the PGA Tour in a four-year period made remarkable by the fact that he played in an era of inconsistently wound balls; and laminated maple or persimmon clubs that were made for players of average height (5'9" tall) and build (160 pounds).

His best year on that circuit was 1984, when he finished 21st on the money list with $64,491 in earnings.

Bayer suffered a fatal heart attack at home in Palm Springs, California while dining with his wife, golfer Bob Goalby and Goalby's wife.