Bob Bailey Robert Allan " Bashin ' Bob " Bailey ( born May 29 , 1931 in Kenora , Ontario – October 24 , 2003 ) was a ice hockey right winger . He spent time with the Toronto Maple Leafs , Detroit Red Wings , Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League . He was known for being involved with trades for over twenty players and was even traded for Bill Dineen on three separate occasions . He was inducted into the Dayton Hockey Hall of Fame on March 17 , 1970 for his time with the Dayton Gems . Professional career . Minor league hockey . Bailey had his first taste of professional hockey at the age of 16 when he played 22 games with the Windsor Hettche Spitfires of the International Hockey League . He performed well , but many on the coaching staff felt he needed more time develop . He continued his play with the Stratford Kroehlers and didn ' t return to the IHL until the 1951 – 52 season , when he played in the final two games of the season for the Toledo Mercurys . However that was all it took . The Detroit Red Wings owned the rights to Bailey and decided to trade him to the Cleveland Barons along with his brother , John Bailey for the rights to Lou Jankowski and Bill Dineen in June 1951 . In the American Hockey League Bailey flourished , playing in 54 games , amassing 46 points and a team - high 115 penalty minutes . That ' s all it took , as the Toronto Maple Leafs had had their eye on young Bailey and wanted to see what he could do . On May 30 , 1953 , Toronto traded Chuck Blair and $ 30 , 000 to Cleveland for Bailey and Gerry Foley . Reaching the NHL . After spending a short amount of time in the Maple Leafs ' farm system with the Ottawa Senators of the QHL and the Pittsburgh Hornets , Bailey made his debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the middle of the 1953 – 54 season . He played in 48 games and scored 9 points , but also joined the Leafs ' short playoff run against the Detroit Red Wings . Maurice " Rocket " Richard had a short altercation with the young rookie when he butt - ended Bailey with his stick after Bailey slammed Richard into the boards . Throughout the game Richard repeatedly tried to renew his attack on Bailey and even refused to leave the ice after a slash when ordered by the referee . The following two seasons would be much less dramatic as they saw Bailey splitting time between the Maple Leafs and the Hornets , never really finding his scoring touch when brought up to the big leagues . While playing for the Hornets in 1956 , Bailey was suspended from the remainder of the playoffs and fined $ 575 for assaulting referee Jerry Olinski on April 2 . On May 28 , 1956 , Bailey was traded along with Bob Sabourin to the Springfield Indians for 11 , 000 USD . On September 22 , 1956 , Bailey was traded to the Detroit Red Wings for cash , but would remain in Springfield on loan . He played 40 games for the Indians before being called up to replace injured players for the Detroit Red Wings . He joined the Red Wings for their short playoff run against the Boston Bruins . The 1957 – 58 season saw Bailey playing for the Chicago Black Hawks after being acquired in an Inter - league draft on June 5 , 1957 . He would only play in 28 games before again being traded , this time with Jack McIntyre , Nick Mickoski and Hec Lalonde for Earl Reibel , Billy Dea , Lorne Ferguson and Bill Dineen on December 17 , 1957 . Bailey again joined Detroit for the playoffs and again had a post - season altercation . During the semi - finals against the Montreal Canadiens , there was a bench - clearing brawl that all started in the second period , precipitated by Bailey charging Montreal ' s goaltender , Jacques Plante . To settle the teams ( and the crowd ) , referee Frank Udvari sent both teams to their dressing rooms and added the 5 : 22 remaining in that second period to the third stanza . The Canadiens ended up winning 2 - 1 and knocked Detroit out of the playoffs in four games . The 1957 - 58 season would be Bailey ' s last in the NHL . On July 31 , 1958 , Bailey was again traded to Cleveland from Detroit , this time for cash . However , Bailey picked up his scoring game for the 1958 – 59 season and finished third on the team in scoring and first again in penalty minutes . The following season saw Bailey playing only five more games for the Barons before being traded for Bill Dineen once again , this time to the Buffalo Bisons on October 20 , 1959 . He would finish out the season in Buffalo at almost a point - per - game pace . In 1960 , Bailey was involved in another multiplayer trade on June 7 . Bailey , Glen Skov , the rights to Danny Lewicki , Terry Gray and Lorne Ferguson went to the Montreal Canadiens for Cecil Hoekstra , Reggie Fleming , Ab McDonald and Bob Courcy . However he wouldn ' t see ice time with Montreal as he would spend time with Montreal ' s minor leagues . Bailey spent the 1960 – 61 season with the Quebec Aces and the start of the 1961 – 62 season with the Pittsburgh Hornets before again being traded . This time Bailey would be switching leagues as Pittsburgh traded him to the San Francisco Seals of the Western Hockey League for Gord Redahl on February 27 , 1962 . On the Seals , Bailey failed to put up large numbers and was sent to the Philadelphia Ramblers of the Eastern Hockey League . He had his best offensive season to date with the Ramblers , scoring 26 goals for a total of 91 points during the 1962 – 63 season . He also helped head coach for a short time that season along with Hugh Currie and Doug Adam . In 1963 Bailey was let go , but found a home with the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League . Ending on a high note . At the end of the 1963 – 64 season , Bailey was involved in his last professional trade when he was traded to the Dayton Gems for Roger Maisonneuve in November 1964 . This turned out to be a great fit as Bailey put up his best numbers ever , scoring a career - high and team - leading 132 points in the 1965 – 66 season . In his final season , Bailey was suspended after slugging referee Billy Purcell in a game at Fort Wayne on December 9 , 1967 . This is what helped convince Bailey to retire in 1968 . He had spent four years with the Gems in which he scored 319 points , almost half his total amassed career points . Bailey played in 150 NHL games , scring 15 goals and 21 assists . After hockey . Bailey was honored on March 17 , 1970 when he was inducted into the Dayton Hockey Hall of Fame . Long time Fort Wayne General Manager Ken Ullyot called him " the last of the great stick handlers . " Gems ' goaltender Pat Rupp said Bailey was " the best to ever play hockey in Dayton . "