Darrel Baldock
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Darrel John Baldock 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.
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.
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.
. He continued to coach for a further two years.
and kidney failure on 2 February 2011 following a fourth stroke.
A state funeral
was held at Latrobe, Tasmania
, Tasmania
on 11 February 2011.
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.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
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
Australian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established...
as a "Legend". He also played in two first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
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 LatrobeLatrobe Football Club
The Latrobe Football Club is an Australian rules football club which competed in the NWFU between 1910 and 1986. The club has been a playing member of the NTFL since 1987. Latrobe were one of the most successful NWFU clubs and their tally of 12 premierships in a joint record, shared with Burnie and...
in Tasmania and was famous for his football handling skills and balance. "Doc" played at Centre half-forward
Centre half-forward
In Australian rules football, the centre half-forward is a position on the half-forward line of a football field. The directly opposing player is a Centre-Half-Back....
and was made captain of St Kilda's "Team of the Century
Team of the Century
Team of the Century and Team of the Decade are terms used in team sport to name a hypothetical best team over a given time period.For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a 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
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
with St Kilda, Baldock played 71 games for East Devonport
East Devonport Football Club
The East Devonport Football Club is an Australian rules football club which competed on an irregular basis in various non-senior North Western competitions between 1901 and 1944 before being promoted to senior status to participate in the North West Football Union from 1945 to 1986.The club is a...
(1955–1958, club best and fairest
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
1955); 158 games for Latrobe
Latrobe Football Club
The Latrobe Football Club is an Australian rules football club which competed in the NWFU between 1910 and 1986. The club has been a playing member of the NTFL since 1987. Latrobe were one of the most successful NWFU clubs and their tally of 12 premierships in a joint record, shared with Burnie and...
(1959–1961 and 1969–1974); four games for New Norfolk (1975); as well as 15 Tasmanian state representative
Interstate matches in Australian rules football
Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were...
games and 20 North-West Football Union representative games.
Political career
Baldock became a member of the House of AssemblyHouse of Assembly
House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level....
in the Tasmanian Parliament on 22 April 1972. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
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.
 Tasmanian Tigers Tasmanian Tigers The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and... |
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| Batting style | Right Hand Batsman (RHB) | ||
| Bowling type Types of bowlers in cricket In the sport of cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers. Pace bowlers rely mostly on the speed of the ball to dismiss batsmen, whereas spin bowlers rely on the rotation of the ball.-Pace bowlers:... |
Right Arm Medium (RM) | ||
| First Class | List A Matches | Twenty20 Twenty20 Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket... Matches |
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| Matches | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Runs scored | 86 | 0 | 0 |
| Batting average Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :... |
21.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| Balls Delivery (cricket) A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman... bowled |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wicket Wicket In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch... s |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling average Bowling average Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned... |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings Innings An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is... |
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 |
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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 strokeStroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
. 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 pneumoniaPneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
and kidney failure on 2 February 2011 following a fourth stroke.
A state funeral
State funeral
A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honor heads of state or other important people of national significance. State funerals usually include much pomp and ceremony as well as religious overtones and distinctive elements of military tradition...
was held at Latrobe, Tasmania
Latrobe, Tasmania
Latrobe is a town in northern Tasmania, Australia, situated on the Mersey River. It lies 8 km south-east of Devonport on the Bass Highway. It is main centre of the Latrobe Council. At the 2006 census, Latrobe had a population of 2,843....
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
on 11 February 2011.
Honours
Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of FameAustralian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established...
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.