John Baird

Who is John Baird?

John Baird is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League.

Baird, a defender, was promoted from the Kangaroos rookie list to play 14 games with the club in the 2002 AFL season. The previous year he had played a big part in Box Hill winning their first top division Victorian Football League premiership, with a Norm Goss Memorial Medal winning performance in the grand final.

A regular fixture in the Kangaroos side during the 2003 season, Baird played in the first 20 rounds and earned the only Brownlow vote of his career when he kept Nick Riewoldt goal-less at the MCG.

He spent much of the 2004 and 2005 in the VFL, with Port Melbourne. After being delisted, Baird played for Port Adelaide in the 2006 SANFL season. He returned to Port Melbourne in 2007 and two years later was appointed club captain.

In 2011 he captained Port Melbourne to the VFL premiership, his team won all 21 games making it a perfect season. It was the first premiership for the club since 1982.