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Douglas Francis 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

References

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External links

  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 "Doug Baird". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. Шаблон:Cite book
  3. "Argyle internationals". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  4. 4,0 4,1 "Sadly passed away" Шаблон:Webarchive. Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  5. 5,0 5,1 "Doug Baird". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  6. Шаблон:Cite book
  7. 7,0 7,1 "Doug Baird" Шаблон:Webarchive. Plymouth Argyle. Retrieved 15 September 2010.