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{{Short description|New Zealand runner (1934–2018)}}
{{for|similar names|William Bailey (disambiguation){{!}}Bill Bailey}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2018}}
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| birth_name       = William David Baillie
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1934|05|28|df=y}} 
| birth_place      = [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]], New Zealand
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2018|12|25|1934|05|28|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[Cooks Beach]], New Zealand
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| nationals        = 880 yards champion (1954, 1955)<br>1 mile champion (1958, 1961)<br>3 miles champion (1956)<br>6 miles champion (1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)<br>Cross-country champion (1960, 1963)<br>{{nowrap|10 miles road race champion (1965)<ref name="Hollings">{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2016 |date=December 2016 |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |access-date=27 December 2018 |first=Stephen |last=Hollings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122194954/http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |archive-date=22 January 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>}}
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| pb               = 880 yds – 1:52.3<br>1 mile – 3:59.2<br>5000 m – 13:40.0<br>20,000 m – 59:28.6
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'''William David Baillie''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} (28 May 1934 – 25 December 2018) was a New Zealand [[Running|runner]], who represented his country at the [[New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]]. There, he placed sixth in the [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]].<ref name=":0" /> He also competed at the [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1954]], [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958]], [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962]], and [[1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]. At the time of his death, he held New Zealand records for the 20000 m and the 1 hour events.<ref name=":0" />

In the [[2001 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2001 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Baillie was appointed a [[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to athletics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2001 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2001 |date=4 June 2001 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009052715/https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2001 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Baillie died in [[Cooks Beach]]<ref name="NZH">{{cite news | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12183011| title=New Zealand athletics legend Bill Baillie dies 'peacefully in his sleep' aged 84 | date=28 December 2018 | work=Stuff.co.nz | access-date=23 August 2019 }}</ref> on 25 December 2018 at the age of 84.<ref name=":0">{{cite news | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/109624859/new-zealand-olympian-and-distance-running-folk-hero-bill-baillie-dies | title=New Zealand Olympian and distance running folk hero Bill Baillie dies | date=27 December 2018 | work=Stuff.co.nz | access-date=27 December 2018 | first=Kevin | last=Norquay}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/bill-baillie-holder-of-obscure-running-records-dead-at-84/2018/12/27/fa4b00aa-09ed-11e9-8942-0ef442e59094_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228035320/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/bill-baillie-holder-of-obscure-running-records-dead-at-84/2018/12/27/fa4b00aa-09ed-11e9-8942-0ef442e59094_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 December 2018|title=Bill Baillie, holder of obscure running records, dead at 84|date=27 December 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=27 December 2018}}</ref>

==Personal bests==

{| class="wikitable"
!''Distance''||''Time''||''Place''||''Date''
|-
|'''880 yards'''||1:52.3  ||[[Vancouver]]||1954
|-
|'''1 mile'''||3:59.2  ||[[Wanganui]]||1964
|-
|'''5000 m'''||13:40.0  ||[[Compton, California|Compton]]||1964
|-
|'''20000 m'''||59:28.6 [[New Zealand records in athletics|NR]]||[[Auckland]]||1963
|-
|'''1 hour'''||20190m [[New Zealand records in athletics|NR]]||Auckland||1963
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=314&Gender=M Bill Baillie] at ''trackfield.brinkster.net''
* {{New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame|B/Bill-Baillie}}
* {{New Zealand Olympic Committee}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20161007211230}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Commonwealth Games Federation}}

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{{s-bef | before = [[Peter Snell]]}}
{{s-ttl | title  = [[Lonsdale Cup (NZOC)|Lonsdale Cup]] of the [[New Zealand Olympic Committee]] | years=1963}}
{{s-aft | after  = [[Peter Snell]]}}
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{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's 10,000 metres champions}}
{{1954 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1958 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1962 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1964 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{1966 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team}}
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