Darrel John Baldock AM was an Australian sportsman and state politician.
20 Facts About Darrel Baldock
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Darrel Baldock played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League, East Devonport Football Club and Latrobe Football Club in the North West Football Union, and New Norfolk Football Club in the Tasmanian Australian National Football League.
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Darrel Baldock was a handy cricketer, successful racehorse trainer and served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
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Darrel Baldock represented both Victoria and Tasmania in interstate matches, and captained St Kilda to its first premiership.
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Darrel Baldock served as senior coach of Latrobe and St Kilda.
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Darrel Baldock was selected in the NWFU team for intrastate matches and won the club best and fairest award that year.
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Darrel Baldock played 71 games for East Devonport before he switched to Latrobe in 1959.
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At the age of 20, Darrel Baldock became the youngest player ever to captain Tasmania.
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Darrel 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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In 1969, Darrel Baldock returned to Tasmania and captain-coached Latrobe to four consecutive NWFU premierships from 1969 to 1972, and ultimately played 158 games for Latrobe.
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Darrel Baldock then played four games for New Norfolk in 1974 before retiring to commence his parliamentary career.
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Darrel Baldock was one of four Australian Labor Party candidates elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 22 April 1972 to represent the Division of Wilmot.
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Darrel Baldock served as Minister for Municipal Planning, Main Roads and Transport.
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Darrel Baldock resigned on 30 June 1987 to become coach of St Kilda.
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Darrel Baldock set about improving the skill level of the playing group, appointed Danny Frawley as captain and guided the talented but wayward full-forward Tony Lockett to become the first footballer to win the Coleman Medal and the Brownlow Medal in the same year.
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Darrel Baldock continued to coach for a further two years.
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Darrel Baldock died at the Mersey Community Hospital in the early evening of 2 February 2011 of pneumonia and kidney failure following a fourth stroke.
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Darrel Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in its inception in 1996 and was upgraded to Legend in 2006.
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Darrel Baldock was honoured by having the Northern Tasmania Football League Best and Fairest medal named after him.
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On 26 January 1991, Darrel Baldock was named a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to the Tasmanian parliament and to Australian rules football.