Doug Baird (footballer)

Doug Baird

Personal information
Full name	Dougald Hogg Baird
Date of birth	26 November 1935(1935-11-26)
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death	December 2002 (aged 67)
Place of death	Falkirk, Scotland
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
–	Armadale Thistle	–	(–)
1955–1961	Partick Thistle	139	(1)
1961–1963	Nottingham Forest	32	(0)
1963–1968	Plymouth Argyle	148	(1)
1968–1970	Tavistock	–	(–)
1970–1971	Hamilton Academical	2	(0)
Total		321	(2)
National team
1959	Scotland U23	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dougald Hogg Baird (26 November 1935 – December 2002) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender.

Baird was born in Falkirk.^[1] He began his career as an amateur with Armadale Thistle before joining Scottish Football League side Partick Thistle in 1955. He made 139 league appearances over the next six years, scoring once.^[1] In 1959, he won a cap for the Scottish under-23 side against Wales and represented the Scottish Football League against the League of Ireland.^[2][3] Baird moved to England in 1961 to play in the Football League for Nottingham Forest. In two years at the City Ground, he made 37 appearances and then signed for Plymouth Argyle.^[4][5] He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat at Sunderland in October 1963 and scored his first goal in a 1–0 win at Bury in October 1964.^[6] Baird played in 158 matches for Argyle, mostly as a full back,^[7] and scored two goals.^[5] He joined non-league side Tavistock in 1968,^[7] where he spent two years, and then returned to Scotland to take up a player-coach role with Hamilton Academical.^[1] He died in December 2002.^[4]

Honours

Partick Thistle

• Glasgow Cup (1): 1960–61

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Doug Baird". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
2. ^ Knight, Brian (1989). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record 1903–1989. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 120. ISBN 0-907969-40-2. 
3. ^ "Argyle internationals". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Sadly passed away". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Doug Baird". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
6. ^ Danes, Ryan (2009). Plymouth Argyle: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 242–251. ISBN 978-1-85983-710-8. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Doug Baird". Plymouth Argyle. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

External links

• Doug Baird at Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
• Doug Baird at Greens on Screen

Persondata
Name	Baird, Dougald Hogg
Alternative names	Baird, Doug
Short description	Scottish professional footballer
Date of birth	26 November 1935
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death	December 2002
Place of death	Falkirk, Scotland