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Ray Baillie played nine seasons as an offensive and defensive lineman in the CFL with four teams. He was born in Montreal on Valentine’s Day in 1935 to Donald Baillie, a real estate man of Scottish background, and the former Mary Bishop, who was of Irish-French heritage. (Lorne Burkell)
Lorne Burkell

Men's Football Ron Csillag, Special to The Globe and Mail

Ray Baillie was a CFL player, author, teacher and avid Quebec historian

Ray Baillie, during his CFL playing days


As a high school teacher, Ray Baillie never raised his voice. He didn't have to. The combination of being a burly bear of a man with a strong resemblance to Paul Bunyan, and a reputation as a professional football bruiser was enough to quieten a class, especially the boys.

A respected and much-loved history teacher at a suburban Montreal high school for some 30 years, Mr. Baillie parlayed his decade of professional football experience into coaching, successfully leading the Chomedey High School Chiefs to a city championship in 1971, and later, winning the Quebec university championship with McGill's Redmen.

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