Niall Bailey

Niall Patrick Joseph Bailey (20 March 1929 — 17 August 2019) was an Irish international rugby union player.^[1]

Niall Bailey

Full name	Niall Patrick Joseph Bailey
Date of birth	(1929-03-20)20 March 1929
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	17 August 2019(2019-08-17) (aged 90)
Place of death	Warwick, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing three-quarter International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1952 Ireland 1 (0)

Born in Dublin, Bailey was a nephew of Ireland centre Aidan Bailey and attended Presentation College, Bray.^[2]

Bailey, a wing three-quarter, played his rugby in England, where he moved aged 18. He first competed with Northampton, scoring 74 tries from 156 appearances, then for Warwickshire clubs Coventry and Kenilworth. In 1952, Bailey was capped for Ireland in a Five Nations match against England at Twickenham, used on the right wing.^[2]

Bailey ran a building company in Warwickshire, acquired by Grafton Group in 1999 for £13.5 million.^[3]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players