playing_years databasefootball birth_place playing_team article_title position |birth_date nfl pfr draftedpick college draftedround draftedyear
1988-1992 1993-1994 1995-1997 bailecar01 baltimore , maryland buffalo bills new york giants carolina panthers carlton bailey
 linebacker 1964 12 15 bai069214 bailca20 235 north carolina 9 1988
carlton bailey

carlton wilson bailey -lrb- born december 15 , 1964 in baltimore , maryland -rrb- is a former professional american football player who played linebacker in the national football league for the buffalo bills , new york giants , and carolina panthers .
he played college football at the university of north carolina and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1988 nfl draft .
perhaps his most memorable play came in the third quarter of the afc championship game on january 12 , 1992 between the bills and denver broncos .
he intercepted a john elway pass that had been deflected by teammate jeff wright and returned it 11 yards for the game 's first touchdown .
the bills went on to win , 10-7 , to reach super bowl xxvi .
bailey played in the first three of four straight super bowl appearances by the bills .
bailey 's son , justin bailey , is an aspiring hockey player who is a member of the kitchener rangers of the ontario hockey league and is currently under contract to the national hockey league 's buffalo sabres .
