Bagby was born on February 21, 1903, in
Lake Village, Arkansas. He went to Pine Bluff High School before attending the
University of Arkansas. He played for their football team, the
Razorbacks. He was there from 1922 to '25 before playing professionally. He played on the freshmen team in '22, and with their main team while lettering from '23 to '25. He played multiple different variations of the
back position: tailback, wingback, fullback, and blocking back. Only one day later, he returned an interception 95 yards against the
Hartford Blues for possibly the longest interception return in history at the time. It was the only Lions score of the game as they lost 16 to 6. He recorded his third and final score against the
Canton Bulldogs, on a 12-yard pass from
Rex Thomas. In the next season, when the Lions folded, he joined the
Cleveland Bulldogs. After his professional career he returned to Lake Village. He died there on February 29, 1980, at the age of 77. ==References==