Roy Baldwin (footballer) explained

Roy Baldwin
Fullname:Royston William Baldwin
Birth Date:28 July 1927
Birth Place:Mildura, Victoria
Death Date:[1]
Originalteam:Mitcham
Height:178 cm
Weight:76 kg
Statsend:1950
Years1:1944–45, 1948–50
Games Goals1:41 (6)

Royston William Baldwin (28 July 1927 – 24 August 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Baldwin enlisted in August 1945, two weeks after his 18th birthday, and served until October 1947, spending 18 months overseas in New Britain.[3]

In 1982 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "services to sport in the fields of cricket and Australian rules football."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tributes:Royston William Baldwin . Herald Sun.
  2. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 38.
  3. Book: Cullen, Barbara . Harder than football : league players at war . 2015 . 244 . 2015 . Richmond, Victoria . Slattery Media Group . 978-0-992379-14-8.
  4. Web site: BALDWIN, Royston William . Australian Government.