| Al Baldock | |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Holly, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Taft, California, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1949–1950 |
| Player Team2: | USC |
| Player Years3: | 1951–1952 |
| Player Team3: | Fort Riley |
| Player Years4: | 1953 |
| Player Team4: | USC |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1951–1952 |
| Coach Team2: | Fort Riley |
| Coach Years3: | 1954 |
| Coach Team3: | USC (freshmen) |
| Coach Years4: | 1955 |
| Coach Team4: | Leuzinger HS (CA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1956–1958 |
| Coach Team5: | Taft (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1959–1961 |
| Coach Team6: | Hancock |
| Coach Years7: | 1962–1968 |
| Coach Team7: | Sequoias |
| Coach Years8: | 1969–1971 |
| Coach Team8: | San Diego State (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 1972–1974 |
| Coach Team9: | Los Angeles City |
| Coach Years10: | 1976–1989 |
| Coach Team10: | Taft |
| Coach Years12: | 1991–1993 |
| Coach Team12: | Taft |
| Coach Sport13: | Track and field |
| Coach Years14: | 1951–1952 |
| Coach Team14: | Fort Riley |
| Coach Years15: | 1956–1959 |
| Coach Team15: | Taft |
| Coach Sport16: | Volleyball |
| Coach Years17: | 1951–1952 |
| Coach Team17: | Fort Riley |
| Bowl Record: | 9–5 (junior college) |
| Tournament Record: | Football 2–0–1 (California JC large division playoffs) 4–0 (California JC Division II playoffs) |
| Championships: | Football 2 junior college national (1982, 1984) 1 California JC large division (1973) 2 California JC Division II (1977, 1979) 5 CCJCA/Central (1960–1961, 1976–1977, 1979) 2 Valley Conference (1963, 1965) 1 SCC (1973) 1 WSC (1981) 2 Metropolitan Conference (1982–1983) 1 Pac-9 (1984) 2 Central Valley Conference (1986–1987) 1 Coast Valley Conference (1989) |
Alvin Olen Baldock (December 17, 1929 – September 14, 2009) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California from 1959 to 1961, the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California from 1962 to 1968, and the Los Angeles City College from 1972 to 1974, and Taft College in Taft, California from 1976 to 1989 and 1991 to 1993. Baldock led Taft to junior college national championships by JC-Grid-Wire in 1982 and 1984.
Baldock was born on December 17, 1929, in Holly, Texas. He attended the University of Southern California (USC), where played college football as an end. His time at USC was interrupted for two year by service in the United States Army, 1951 and 1952, when was head football, track, and volleyball coach for the 25th Artillery Battalion at Fort Riley in Kansas.[1]
Baldock died on September 14, 2009, in Taft.[2]