University of Tennessee Athletics
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ED BAILEY TO BE HELD THURSDAY
March 27, 2007 | Baseball
March 27, 2007
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A memorial service will be held for Tennessee Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Ed Bailey Thursday at 7 p.m. at West End Church of Christ in Knoxville. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Bailey died of cancer in Knoxville Friday at the age of 75.
Bailey lettered as a member of the UT baseball team in 1948 before going on to play 14 seasons as a catcher in the Major Leagues. A five-time All-Star, he started his big-league career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1953 and hit a career-best 28 home runs for the Reds in 1956. He went on to play for the San Francisco Giants, the Milwaukee Braves, the Chicago Cubs and the California Angels, appearing in his final game in 1966. He was a member of San Francisco's 1962 World Series team.
Bailey was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and the UT Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002.
Following the conclusion of his baseball career, the Strawberry Plains, Tenn., native served as a Knoxville city councilman and also as an aide to U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Sr.
