George Baldock

George Baldock
Baldock playing for Sheffield United in 2019
Personal information
Full name George Henry Ivor Baldock[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-09)9 March 1993
Place of birth Buckingham, England
Date of death 9 October 2024(2024-10-09) (aged 31)
Place of death Glyfada, South Athens, Greece
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
0000–2009 Milton Keynes Dons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 Milton Keynes Dons 104 (2)
2011Northampton Town (loan) 5 (0)
2012Tamworth (loan) 3 (0)
2012ÍBV (loan) 16 (1)
2012Tamworth (loan) 15 (1)
2015–2016Oxford United (loan) 39 (3)
2017–2024 Sheffield United 205 (6)
2024 Panathinaikos 3 (0)
Total 390 (13)
International career
2022–2024 Greece 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Baldock started his career at Milton Keynes Dons, where he played 125 total games, 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, including three in the Premier League. After making 219 appearances for the club, he joined Panathinaikos of Super League Greece in 2024.

Born in England and with Greek ancestry through his grandmother, Baldock represented the Greece national team on 12 occasions from 2022 until his death in 2024.

  1. ^ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "George Baldock: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 31 January 2020.