fullname heightweight death_date years birth_place position sooyears statsend originalteam birth_date sooteams careerhighlights article_title name
alfred miller baud 178 cm / 74 kg 5 december 1986 1913 -- 1915 nagambie , victoria half forward / half back 1913 -- 1914 1915 eaglehawk -lrb- bfl -rrb- 20 september 1892 victoria * premiership player 1914 alf baud
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alfred `` alf '' baud -lrb- 20 september 1892 -- 5 december 1986 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with carlton in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
baud was born in nagambie and went to school there .
after leaving school , he went to bendigo for his first job in the post office and later moved to melbourne .
baud first played with carlton with 1913 and during his three season career was a member of two premiership sides .
the first came in 1914 when he played on the wing in the club 's grand final victory and the other came the following season .
he was captain in the 1915 grand final due to billy dick being suspended and started the game at half back .
soon after he joined the military , enlisting with the 5th division as a signaller .
after serving in egypt and france , he was seriously wounded with a shrapnel injury to the head at anzac ridge in 1917 , leaving him with reduced sight .
the surgeons put a silver plate in his head that stayed in place for the remainder of his life .
after the war he resumed work with the post office , and served for 50 years as a telegraphist and postmaster including long terms at the ascot vale and north melbourne post offices .
his interest with football continued with baud spending 19 years on the vfl tribunal .
in 1937 he served as chairman of selectors for carlton football club , and they won their first vfl premiership since 1915 .
