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| Position | End |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 26, 1925 Whitewright, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 2002(2002-07-17) (aged 77) Amarillo, Texas, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Vernon (Vernon, Texas) |
| College | TCU (1946–1949) |
| NFL draft | 1950: 4th round, 49th overall pick |
| Career history | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Morris Emmett "Snake"Bailey (May 26, 1925 – July 17, 2002) was an American professionalfootballend who played for theEdmonton Eskimos of theWestern Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). He playedcollege football atTexas Christian University.
Morris Emmett Bailey was born on May 26, 1925, inWhitewright, Texas.[1] He playedhigh school football andbasketball atVernon High School inVernon, Texas.[1][2] He was given the nickname "Snake" while in high school.[3][2]
Bailey served in theUnited States Army Air Forces duringWorld War II.[1] He was then a four-yearletterman for theTCU Horned Frogs ofTexas Christian University from 1946 to 1949, and was a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection.[1][2] In 1949, he set a school single-game record with 12 receptions.[2] Bailey graduated from TCU in 1950, and was inducted into the school's athletics hall of fame in 1974.[4][2]
Bailey was selected by theSan Francisco 49ers in the fourth round, with the 49th overall pick, of the1950 NFL draft.[1] However, he instead signed with theEdmonton Eskimos of theWestern Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) on March 5, 1950.[1] He dressed in 12 games for the Eskimos during the 1950 season, catching 67 passes for 1,060 yards and four touchdowns.[1] He led the WIFU in receiving yards that year.[5] The Eskimos finished the season with a 7–7 record and lost in the WIFU finals to theWinnipeg Blue Bombers.[6]
In 1985, Bailey claimed that, in 1980, TCU head football coachF. A. Dry had asked Bailey to set up an illegal fund for TCU players.[3] Bailey said "He wanted to know if I would put together a slush fund of $7,500 a month. That's $90,000 a year, cash. I wouldn't even do that for my wife."[3] He was the president and CEO of a heavy machinery company in Texas called Plains Machinery Co.[2] He died on July 17, 2002, inAmarillo, Texas.[1]