Douglas Francis Hogg Baird (26 November 1935 – December 2002) was a Scottish professional

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who played as a defender. Baird was born in

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

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in 1955. He made 139 league appearances over the next six years, scoring once. 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. Baird moved to England in 1961 to play in the

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. In two years at the City Ground, he made 37 appearances and then signed for

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in October 1963 and scored his first goal in a 1–0 win at

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in October 1964. Baird played in 158 matches for Argyle, mostly as a full back,"Doug Baird"
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. Retrieved 15 September 2010. and scored two goals. He joined non-league side Tavistock in 1968, where he spent two years, and then returned to Scotland to take up a player-coach role with Hamilton Academical. He died in December 2002.

Honours

;Partick Thistle *

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: 1960–61

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Doug Baird
at Greens on Screen {{DEFAULTSORT:Baird, Doug 1935 births 2002 deaths Footballers from Falkirk Scottish footballers Association football fullbacks Armadale Thistle F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Tavistock A.F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Scotland under-23 international footballers