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Darrel Baldock

DOB: 29 September 1938

From: Latrobe

Games: 0 (119 total)
Goals: 0 (237 total)
Career statistics

Stamped as a future champion when he won state selection after three senior games, Baldock was being called the best young player in the state in 1959 when a number of VFL clubs tried to recruit him. Melbourne offered Baldock a lucrative deal, including an appealing employment contract, but was beaten to his signature by South Melbourne. Supporters of Latrobe, the Tasmanian club he'd coached in 1959, countered by buying him a milk bar and he was convinced to stay for another three seasons. He eventually joined St Kilda in 1962, playing in their premiership side and becoming a club legend

Later served in the Tasmanian parliament, and returned to coach St Kilda in the 1980s.

Named as a Legend and Icon in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.

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Notes
May have originally signed for the Demons at 16-years-old.

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Age - 25/06/1959, 14/10/1959

Links
Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame
Wikipedia profile