Anderson-Bailly 2019
Robert W. Bailly
Born August 14, 1927 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Mr. Bailly attended Lunenburg Academy and then Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec. He received a BSc degree in 1947 and a teaching diploma in 1948.
While there, he excelled in basketball, hockey, and softball. His teaching career began at Asbestos High School and the Asbestos-Danville-Shipton School where he was a physical education and mathematics teacher as well as vice-principal and coach. In 1952, he moved to Lachute High School where he served as vice-principal, taught senior mathematics and coached basketball, curling, softball and badminton. He was a founder of the Ottawa Valley School Athletic Organization. He served one year as principal of Lachute High School.
With school regionalization in 1967, Mr. Bailly moved to the Lakeshore where he joined the staff of Lindsay Place High School. There he continued to teach mathematics and coach his beloved basketball until retirement in 1983.
The Bailly Trophy for small schools girls teams was named in his honour in recognition of the many years he devoted to promoting and coaching basketball in Quebec schools.
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