Al Baldock
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.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 17, 1929 Holly, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | September 14, 2009 (aged 79) Taft, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1949–1950 | USC |
| 1951–1952 | Fort Riley |
| 1953 | USC |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1951–1952 | Fort Riley |
| 1954 | USC (freshmen) |
| 1955 | Leuzinger HS (CA) (assistant) |
| 1956–1958 | Taft (assistant) |
| 1959–1961 | Hancock |
| 1962–1968 | Sequoias |
| 1969–1971 | San Diego State (assistant) |
| 1972–1974 | Los Angeles City |
| 1976–1989 | Taft |
| 1991–1993 | Taft |
| Track and field | |
| 1951–1952 | Fort Riley |
| 1956–1959 | Taft |
| Volleyball | |
| 1951–1952 | Fort Riley |
| Head coaching record | |
| Bowls | 9–5 (junior college) |
| Tournaments | Football 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) | |
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]
Head coaching record
Junior college football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Bulldogs (Central California Junior College Association) (1959–1961) | |||||||||
| 1959 | Hancock | 3–5–1 | 1–4–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1960 | Hancock | 10–0 | 6–0 | 1st | W Orange Show Bowl | ||||
| 1961 | Hancock | 8–2 | 6–0 | 1st | L Prune Bowl | ||||
| Hancock: | 21–7–1 | 13–4–1 | |||||||
| Sequoias Giants (Valley Conference) (1962–1968) | |||||||||
| 1962 | Sequoias | 6–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1963 | Sequoias | 8–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1964 | Sequoias | 6–2–1 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1965 | Sequoias | 7–2–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | W Empire Bowl | ||||
| 1966 | Sequoias | 6–3 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1967 | Sequoias | 6–1–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1968 | Sequoias | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Sequoias: | 46–13–4 | 24–9–2 | |||||||
| Los Angeles City Cubs (Southern California Conference) (1972–1974) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Los Angeles City | 4–3 | 3rd | ||||||
| 1973 | Los Angeles City | 10–2–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | T California JC large division championship | ||||
| 1974 | Los Angeles City | 6–4 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Los Angeles City: | 14–7 | ||||||||
| Taft Cougars (Central Conference) (1976–1979) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Taft | 10–1 | 4–1 | 1st | W Central-Desert Bowl | ||||
| 1977 | Taft | 11–0 | 5–0 | 1st | W California JC Division II championship | ||||
| 1978 | Taft | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1979 | Taft | 10–2 | 4–0 | 1st | W California JC Division II championship, L Potato Bowl | ||||
| Taft Cougars (Metropolitan Conference) (1980) | |||||||||
| 1980 | Taft | 8–2–1 | 4–2 | T–2nd | W Potato Bowl | ||||
| Taft Cougars (Western State Conference) (1981) | |||||||||
| 1981 | Taft | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | W Potato Bowl | ||||
| Taft Cougars (Metropolitan Conference) (1982–1983) | |||||||||
| 1982 | Taft | 11–0 | 6–0 | 1st | W Potato Bowl | ||||
| 1983 | Taft | 9–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L Potato Bowl | ||||
| Taft Cougars (Pac-9 Conference) (1984–1985) | |||||||||
| 1984 | Taft | 10–1 | 7–1 | T–1st | W Potato Bowl | ||||
| 1985 | Taft | 7–2–1 | L Potato Bowl | ||||||
| Taft Cougars (Central Valley Conference) (1986–1987) | |||||||||
| 1986 | Taft | 7–3 | 5–0 | 1st | W Potato Bowl | ||||
| 1987 | Taft | 9–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L Pony Bowl | ||||
| Taft Cougars (Independent) (1988) | |||||||||
| 1988 | Taft | 6–1 | |||||||
| Taft Cougars (Coast Valley Conference) (1989) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Taft | 9–0–1 | 5–0 | 1st | W Potato Bowl | ||||
| Taft Cougars (Northern California Football League) (1991–1993) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Taft | 5–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1992 | Taft | 6–3 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1993 | Taft | 6–1–2 | 4–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Taft: | 139–26–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- "Alvin Baldock Selected As Hancock Grid Coach Grid Coach". Santa Maria Times. Santa Maria, California. March 25, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved May 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Alvin "Al" Baldock". Visalia Times-Delta. Visalia, California. September 18, 2009. p. 2C. Retrieved May 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Hancock Football Record Book" (PDF). Allan Hancock College Athletics. p. 21. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- "COS Football Record by Years" (PDF). College of the Sequoias. Retrieved May 6, 2024.