Darrel Baldock

Darrel John "The Doc" Baldock (born 29 September 1938 in Devonport, Tasmania) is a former Australian rules football player who was the first (and to date, only) captain of a premiership-winning St. Kilda Football Club (in 1966) and is a Legend in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He also represented Tasmania in two first class cricket matches.

Football playing career

Baldock was recruited from Latrobe in Tasmania and was famous for his football handling skills and balance. "Doc" played at Centre half-forward and was made captain of St. Kilda's "Team of the Century" in 2002, and named as the initial "legend" in the St. Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame in 2003.

Apart from playing in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda, Baldock played 71 games for East Devonport (1955-1958, club best and fairest 1955); 158 games for Latrobe (1959-1961 and 1969-1974); 4 games for New Norfolk (1975); as well as 15 Tasmanian state representative games and 20 North-West Football Union representative games.

Political career

He became a member of the House of Assembly in the Tasmanian Parliament on 22 April 1972. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and was a state minister from 1975-82. After a 15 year parliamentary career he resigned on the 30th of June 1987 to become coach of St. Kilda.

Darrell Baldock Tasmanian Tigers
Batting style	Right Hand Batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right Arm Medium (RM)
	First Class	List A Matches	Twenty20 Matches
Matches	2	0	0
Runs scored	86	0	0
Batting average	21.50	0.00	0.00
100s/50s	0/1	0/0	0/0
Top score	54	0	0
Balls bowled	0	0	0
Wickets	0	0	0
Bowling average	0.00	0.00	0.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0
Best bowling	0/0	0/0	0/0
Catches/stumpings	3/0	0/0	0/0
As of 27 May 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Coaching career

Baldock was the senior coach at St Kilda from 1987 to 1989. In his first year he lifted them off the bottom of the ladder but also suffered a minor stroke. He continued to coach for a further 2 years.

Current

He has retired and lives in Tasmania where he races horses.

Honours

Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in its inception in 1996 (as a Player) and was upgraded to Legend in 2006. In 2004, he was named on the half forward flank and as captain in the Tasmanian Team of The Century. Baldock was also honoured by having the Northern Tasmania Football League 2000 Best and Fairest medal named after him.

External links

• Football Legends - Darrell Baldock
• Tasmanian Parliament profile
• St Kilda honour roll
• St Kilda Encyclopaedia