Andy Bailey (wrestler)

Andy Bailey

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	England
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Bantamweight

Andrew "Andy" S. Bailey is a former international wrestler from England who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Bailey representing Manchester, ^[1] competed in the bantamweight category at the 1966 European Championships in Karlsruhe, West Germany. ^[2] Bailey also won the British bantamweight title in 1966 at the British Wrestling Championships. ^[3]

Bailey represented the England team ^[4] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in 57 kg bantamweight category, ^[5] being out-pointed by Australian Kevin McGrath ^[6] and Canadian Ernest Chornomydz. ^[7]

By 1967, Bailey had moved up in weight ^[8] and won the national YMCA featherweight title in Manchester. ^[9]

References

1. "Wrestling Team" . Liverpool Echo. 29 April 1966. p. 32. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Two British wrestling successes" . Reading Evening Post. 9 May 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "British Champions – Past & Present" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
4. "Kingston, Jamaica 1966 Team". Team England. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
5. "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
6. "Wrestling" . Nottingham Evening Post. 11 August 1966. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Bantamweight" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 12 August 1966. p. 40. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "London P.C. goes for wrestling title" . Evening News (London). 27 June 1968. p. 20. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Roy Williams Takes Middles Title" . Chelsea News and General Advertiser. 14 April 1967. p. 8. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.