Al Baldock

Al Baldock
Biographical details
Born(1929-12-17)December 17, 1929
Holly, Texas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 14, 2009(2009-09-14) (aged 79)
Taft, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1949–1950USC
1951–1952Fort Riley
1953USC
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1951–1952Fort Riley
1954USC (freshmen)
1955Leuzinger HS (CA) (assistant)
1956–1958Taft (assistant)
1959–1961Hancock
1962–1968Sequoias
1969–1971San Diego State (assistant)
1972–1974Los Angeles City
1976–1989Taft
1991–1993Taft
Track and field
1951–1952Fort Riley
1956–1959Taft
Volleyball
1951–1952Fort Riley
Head coaching record
Bowls9–5 (junior college)
TournamentsFootball
2–0–1 (California JC large division playoffs)
4–0 (California JC Division II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
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.

Baldock died on September 14, 2009, in Taft.