R. Harold Bailey

EXECUTIVE CAREER
SECRETARY – TREASURER, ONTARIO RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION 1927 – 1955
SECRETARY – TREASURER , CANADIAN RUGBY UNION RULES COMMITTEE 1931 – 1950
PRESIDENT, CANADIAN RUGBY UNION 1941
PRESIDENT, ONTARIO RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION 1942 – 1945

IN 1940 THE WESTERN INTERPROVINCIAL FOOTBALL UNION WITHDREW FROM THE CANADIAN RUGBY UNION OVER A RULES DISPUTE.  LARGELY, THROUGH R. HAROLD BAILEY’S EFFORTS, EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN WHICH RESOLVED THE DISAGREEMENT.

R. HAROLD BAILEY WAS PRESIDENT OF THE O.R.F.U. DURING THE DIFFICULT WAR YEARS AND INTERSCOLASTIC FOOTBALL THROUGHOUT ONTARIO.  HE WAS A NOTED FOOTBALL HISTORIAN, CONTRIBUTING TO NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS, AND ALSO A CONSULTANT FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND FOOTBALL ORGANIZATIONS.

R. HAROLD BAILEY WAS HONOURED AT THE GREY CUP DINNER IN 1955.

INDUCTED 1965 – BUILDER

Class of 1965 Ab Box, Dean Griffing, Bob Isbister Sr., Frank S. McGill, Clair J. Warner