Dean Bailey
Essendon
AFL career
53 games19 goals
- Debut
- R13 1986 v GEE21 June 1986
- Most recent
- R20 1992 v HAW1 Aug 1992
Coaching career
83 games22 wins59 losses2 draws
- First
- R1 2008 v HAW23 Mar 2008
- Most recent
- R19 2011 v GEE30 July 2011
Stats
1992 | ESS | 4 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 12.0 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40 |
1991 | ESS | 6 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 18.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 58 |
1989 | ESS | 17 | 9.2 | 5.8 | 15.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 48 |
1988 | ESS | 8 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 14.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 54 |
1987 | ESS | 15 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 12.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 44 |
1986 | ESS | 3 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | - | 0.7 | 0.3 | - |
Bio
Recruited from North Ringwood in Essendon's metropolitan zone, Dean Bailey was a cerebral centreman and utility who relied on a sharp football brain rather than raw athleticism. A clever user of the ball who could read the play better than most, he carved out a respectable career in Kevin Sheedy’s powerful squads of the late 1980s, often operating as a fringe midfielder fighting for a spot in a star-studded engine room. After seven seasons at Windy Hill, he moved to South Australia to join Glenelg, where his class flourished at SANFL level with a best and fairest victory in 1995. While his playing numbers were modest, Bailey’s reputation as a deep thinker of the game laid the foundation for a significant coaching legacy, which included a senior tenure at Melbourne and premiership success as an assistant at Port Adelaide before his premature death in 2014.
Profile
- Born
- 18 Jan 1967
- Died
- 11 Mar 2014 (aged 47y 52d)
- Height
- 179 cm
- Weight
- 78 kg
Teams
Coaching
- Melbourne (Senior Coach)2008–201183 games (W22 L59 D2), 26.5%
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from North Ringwood in Essendon's metropolitan zone, Dean Bailey was a cerebral centreman and utility who relied on a sharp football brain rather than raw athleticism. A clever user of the ball who could read the play better than most, he carved out a respectable career in Kevin Sheedy’s powerful squads of the late 1980s, often operating as a fringe midfielder fighting for a spot in a star-studded engine room. After seven seasons at Windy Hill, he moved to South Australia to join Glenelg, where his class flourished at SANFL level with a best and fairest victory in 1995. While his playing numbers were modest, Bailey’s reputation as a deep thinker of the game laid the foundation for a significant coaching legacy, which included a senior tenure at Melbourne and premiership success as an assistant at Port Adelaide before his premature death in 2014.