Darrel Baldock

Darrel Baldock
Personal information
Full name	Darrel John Baldock
Nickname(s)	The Doc, Mr. Magic
Date of birth	(1938-09-29)29 September 1938
Date of death	2 February 2011(2011-02-02) (aged 72)
Place of death	Latrobe, Tasmania
Original team(s)	East Devonport (NWFU) Latrobe Football Club
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1962–1968	St Kilda	119 (237)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	10
	Tasmania	15
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1987–1989	St Kilda	62 (18–44–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1968. ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 1989.
Career highlights
VFL Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 1996, upgraded to Legend in 2006 St Kilda premiership captain 1966 St Kilda Team of the Century, captain St Kilda Hall of Fame legend St Kilda Best & Fairest 1962, 1963, 1965 St Kilda leading goalkicker 1962–1965 St Kilda captain 1963–1968 All-Australian team 1966 (captain) Represented Victoria 10 times NWFU Tasmanian Team of the Century, captain Latrobe premiership captain-coach 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 Wander Medal 1957, 1959, 1971 All-Australian team 1961 Represented Tasmania 15 times
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

East Devonport (NWFU)

VFL

NWFU

Darrel John Baldock AM (29 September 1938 – 2 February 2011), commonly nicknamed "The Doc" and "Mr Magic", was an Australian rules football player, coach, and state politician. In 1966 he captained the St Kilda Football Club to its first premiership. Baldock is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and has been upgraded to the status of "Legend". He was also a handy cricketer, playing two first-class cricket matches, once for Tasmania and once for a Tasmanian Combined XI. After retiring from football, Baldock served in the Tasmanian Parliament for fifteen years.

Baldock made his junior football debut for East Devonport in Tasmania's now defunct North-West Football Union in 1955 at the age of 16. He was selected in the NWFU team for intrastate matches and won the club best and fairest award that year. Even then, Baldock was already famous for his ball handling skills and balance. Baldock played 71 games for East Devonport before he switched to Latrobe in 1959. At the age of 20, Baldock became the youngest player ever to captain Tasmania.

A ready-made superstar, Baldock ventured across Bass Strait in 1962 to play for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL), where he had an instant impact. Baldock 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.

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