David Baillie was an English football player who played, as a goalkeeper, for Coryton, West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

 and Chester City

Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...

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Career

Baillie started his career with Croydon before signing for West Ham in 1925. He remained with West Ham for six seasons but made only 17 appearances in all competitions and was mainly used as an understudy to first choice keeper, Ted Hufton

Ted Hufton

Arthur Edward Hufton , better known as Ted Hufton, was an England international goalkeeper who earned six caps for his country....

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He moved to Chester in 1929 under the managership of
Charlie Hewitt

Charlie Hewitt (footballer)

Charlie Hewitt was a footballer and manager in the first half of the 20th century...

 and, at the end of his footballing career, returned to Upton Park

Boleyn Ground

The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...

where he took up the post of assistant groundsman.

Baillie died in 1967.