Club Honours Darrel John Baldock AM (29 September 1938 – 2 February 2011) was an Australian sportsman and state politician.

[2] A ready-made player, Baldock ventured across Bass Strait in 1962 to play for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL), where he had an instant impact.

Baldock was one of four Australian Labor Party candidates elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 22 April 1972 to represent the Division of Wilmot.

Prior to Baldock's return to Moorabbin in 1987, the Saints had finished the previous four VFL seasons at the bottom of the ladder.

His biography, Darrel Baldock – The Incomparable Mr Magic, was written by his friend Peter Lyons and published in June 2010.

He died at the Mersey Community Hospital in the early evening of 2 February 2011 of pneumonia and kidney failure following a fourth stroke.

[11] Those present included the St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt, vice-captain Lenny Hayes, coach Ross Lyon, club president Greg Westaway, chief executive Michael Nettlefold and premiership teammate Kevin Neale.

To this day, the Darrel Baldock Medal is presented to the best and fairest senior player in the North West Football League.

On 26 January 1991, Baldock was named a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to the Tasmanian parliament and to Australian rules football.