Darrel Baldock

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

Darrel John Baldock AM (29 September 1938 – 2 February 2011), commonly nicknamed "The Doc" and "Mr Magic", was an Australian rules football player and state politician who in 1966 was the first (and, to date, only) captain of a premiership-winning St Kilda Football Club. Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend". He also played in two first-class cricket matches, once for Tasmania and once for a Tasmanian Combined XI. Baldock served for fifteen years as a member of Tasmania's parliament.

Victorian Football League (VFL) 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); four games for New Norfolk (1975); as well as 15 Tasmanian state representative games and 20 North-West Football Union representative games.

Political career

Baldock 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 1975–1982. After a 15 year parliamentary career he resigned on 30 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 two years.

Later life and death

Baldock retired to Tasmania where he raced horses. His biography, Darrel Baldock – The Incomparable Mr Magic, was written by his friend Peter Lyons and published in June 2010. Baldock suffered from illness in his final years. He died of pneumonia and kidney failure on 2 February 2011 following a fourth stroke.

A state funeral was held at Latrobe, Tasmania, Tasmania on 11 February 2011.

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.

On 26 January 1991, Baldock was named a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to the Tasmanian parliament and to Australian Rules Football. On 24 October 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australian Football.

External links

• Tasmanian Parliament profile
• St Kilda honour roll
• St Kilda Encyclopaedia

Sporting positions
Preceded by Neil Roberts	St Kilda captain 1963–1968	Succeeded by Ian Stewart
Preceded by Allan Davis	St Kilda Football Club coach 1987–1989	Succeeded by Ken Sheldon