George Baldock

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George Baldock
Personal information
Full name:	George Baldock
Date of birth:	9 March 1993(1993-03-09)
Place of birth:	Buckingham, England
Date of death:	9 October 2024(2024-10-09) (aged 31)
Place of death:	Glyfada, Greece
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position:	Right back
Youth clubs
0000–2009	Milton Keynes Dons
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2009–2017 2011 2012 2012 2012 2015 2015–2016 2017–2024 2024 Total	Milton Keynes Dons → Northampton Town (loan) → Tamworth (loan) → ÍBV (loan) → Tamworth (loan) → Oxford United (loan) → Oxford United (loan) Sheffield United Panathinaikos	104 00(2) 005 00(0) 003 00(0) 016 00(1) 015 00(1) 012 00(1) 027 00(2) 205 00(6) 003 00(0) 390 0(13)
National team
2022–2024	Greece	012 00(0)

George Henry Ivor Baldock (9 March 1993 – 9 October 2024) was a professional footballer who played as a right-back or right wing-back.

Formed at Milton Keynes Dons, he played 125 total games for the club, and was also loaned to Northampton Town, Tamworth, ÍBV and Oxford United. With the last of those clubs, he made the League Two PFA Team of the Year for 2015–16. In 2017, he signed for Sheffield United where he spent seven seasons, three of which in the Premier League. After making 219 appearances for the club, he joined Panathinaikos of Super League Greece in 2024.

Although born in England, Baldock held Greek nationality due to his Greek ancestry through his grandmother, and represented the Greece national team on 12 occasions from 2022.

Personal life

Baldock's brother Sam is also a professional footballer.

International career

Baldock was born in Buckingham, England but is eligible to represent Greece through his grandmother.

Death

Baldock was found dead in the pool of his house in Glyfada, Athens, on 9 October 2024, at the age of 31. After several hours of being unable to reach him, his wife in England raised concern, prompting the property owner to discover his body. An initial coroner's report suggested that Baldock had drowned and police ruled out any criminal activity, however further details of his death remain unknown.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Milton Keynes Dons	2009–10	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2010–11	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2011–12	League One	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
	2012–13	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2013–14	League One	38	2	4	0	2	0	2	0	46	2
	2014–15	League One	9	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
	2015–16	Championship	15	0	0	0	0	0	—		15	0
	2016–17	League One	37	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	42	0
	Total		104	2	10	0	6	0	5	0	125	2
Northampton Town (loan)	2011–12	League Two	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Tamworth (loan)	2011–12	Conference Premier	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
ÍBV (loan)	2012	Úrvalsdeild	16	1	1	0	—		2	0	19	1
Tamworth (loan)	2012–13	Conference Premier	15	1	1	0	—		3	2	19	3
Oxford United (loan)	2014–15	League Two	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
	2015–16	League Two	27	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	35	2
	Total		39	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	47	3
Sheffield United	2017–18	Championship	34	1	3	0	1	0	—		38	1
	2018–19	Championship	27	1	0	0	0	0	—		27	1
	2019–20	Premier League	38	2	2	0	0	0	—		40	2
	2020–21	Premier League	32	0	2	0	0	0	—		34	0
	2021–22	Championship	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	27	1
	2022–23	Championship	36	1	4	0	0	0	—		40	1
	2023–24	Premier League	13	0	0	0	0	0	—		13	0
	Total		205	6	11	0	1	0	2	0	219	6
Panathinaikos	2024–25	Super League Greece	3	0	0	0	—		1	0	4	0
Career total			390	13	28	0	8	0	15	2	441	15

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Greece	2022	6	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	2	0
Total		12	0

Honours

Sheffield United

• EFL Championship second-place promotion: 2018–19, 2022–23

Individual

• Milton Keynes Dons Academy Player of the Year: 2010–11
• Milton Keynes Dons Young Player of the Year: 2015–16
• PFA Team of the Year: 2015–16 League Two

External links

• George Baldock profile at Soccerbase