Doug Baird (Australian footballer)

Doug Baird OAM
Doug Baird in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Doug Baird
Date of birth	(1950-11-16) 16 November 1950 (age 74)
Original team(s)	Paramount
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1969–1970	Carlton	6 (8)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1970.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Doug Baird OAM (born 16 November 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

His son Cameron was an Australian soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia.^[2][3]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 23. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
2. "Late Digger Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird gets 100th Victoria Cross". Herald Sun. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
3. De Bolfo, Tony (25 June 2013). "Blues mourn the loss of Brave Heart Baird".

External links

• Doug Baird's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Doug Baird's profile at Blueseum