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Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Nickname	Ace
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg)
Pro Clubs	Toronto Maple Leafs
Nationality	Canada
Born	July 3, 1903, Bracebridge, Ontario
Pro Career	1926 – 1934
Hall of Fame	1975

Irvine Wallace "Ace" Bailey (July 3, 1903 – April 7, 1992) was a star ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs in eight seasons from 1926-1933.

Born in Bracebridge, Ontario, Bailey grew up in Toronto and played junior hockey for St. Mary's in the Ontario Hockey Association. He played senior hockey in Peterborough for two seasons from 1924-1926 and in November 1926 was signed by the Toronto St. Patricks of the National Hockey League, renamed the Toronto Maple Leafs in his first season with the team. He was the leading scorer and goal scorer in the NHL in the 1928-29 season, with 22 goals and 32 points in 44 games. He was again the Leafs leading scorer in 1929-30 and was just one point short of repeating in 1930-31. After three consecutive 20-goal seasons, his offensive production cooled off notably with the 1931-32 season.

Bailey's career came to an abrupt end on December 12, 1933, when he was charged from behind by Eddie Shore of the Boston Bruins, apparently in retailiation for a hit he had received from Red Horner moments earlier. It was feared that Bailey would not survive after severely injuring his head. The Boston police investigated the incident but did not lay charges. Bailey did recover but never played hockey again. An all-star benefit game was held at Maple Leaf Gardens on February 14, 1934. This was 13 years before the NHL would introduce an annual all-star game. Bailey and Shore shook hands and embraced at center ice before the game began.

Bailey's #6 jersey was the first ever to be retired by an NHL team, and is one of only two to have been permanently retired by the Maple Leafs. Bailey, however, would later ask Ron Ellis to wear the number. Over his career, Bailey totaled 111 goals and 82 assists in 313 games.

Following his career-ending injury, Bailey asked the NHL if he could work as a linesman, but he was turned down. He coached the University of Toronto Varsity Blues hockey team from 1935 to 1940 and again after World War II from 1945 to 1949, winning three Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union championships. He also worked as a timekeeper at Maple Leaf Gardens from 1938 to 1984, when the 81-year-old Bailey was told by Gardens owner Harold Ballard that his services were no longer needed. Bailey was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975. He died in 1992 at the age of 88. From being near-death at the age of 30, Bailey was thought to be the oldest living Leaf in the year before his death.

• Bailey's Alumni page on the Maple Leafs' website
• Ace Bailey at Legends of Hockey