Baud originally played with Nagambie, prior to signing with Eaglehawk Football Club in 1911.

Selected on the half-back flank, he was Carlton's captain in the 1915 VFL grand final, replacing the suspended Billy Dick.

[10][11][12] After serving in Egypt and France, he was seriously wounded with a shrapnel injury to the head at Anzac Ridge on 30 September 1917,[13][14][15] leaving him with reduced sight.

[16] The surgeons put a silver plate in his head that stayed in place for the remainder of his life.

[16] In 1937 he served as chairman of selectors for Carlton Football Club, and they won their first VFL Premiership since 1915.