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Doug Baird (Australian footballer)

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Doug Baird OAM
Doug Baird in 2015
Personal information
Full name Doug Baird
Date of birth (1950-11-16) 16 November 1950 (age 73)
Original team(s) Paramount
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
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

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  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".
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