Frank Baird

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

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| name = Frank Baird

| image = Frank Baird 1934.jpeg

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| caption = Baird, circa 1934

| position = Guard / forward

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|4|10}}

| birth_place = Toledo, Ohio

| nationality = American

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|3|20|1912|4|10}}

| death_place = Goshen, Indiana

| high_school = Arsenal Tech (Indianapolis, Indiana)

| college = Butler (1931–1934)

| career_start = 1937

| career_end = 1942

| years1 = 1937–1940
1941–1942

| team1 = Indianapolis Kautskys

| highlights =

• First-team All-American – Helms (1933)
• Third-team All-American – Literary Digest (1934)
• 2× First-team All-MVC (1933, 1934)

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Frank Atwood Baird (April 10, 1912 – March 20, 2007) was an American basketball player. An early professional in the National Basketball League, he was also an All-American college player at Butler University. Baird played both baseball and basketball at Butler.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Frank Baird obituary | work = Tributes.com | date = | url = http://hosting-4995.tributes.com/show/Frank-A.-Baird-89240458 | accessdate = January 2, 2015}} He then played several years for the Indianapolis Kautskys, averaging 5.1 points per game for his career.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Frank Baird basketball-reference.com profile| work = basketball-reference.com | date = | url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/b/bairdfr01n.html | accessdate = January 2, 2015}}

Following his playing career, Baird coached basketball at Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis. He also officiated college football from 1940 through 1974, including some Tangerine Bowl and Grantland Rice Bowl games.{{cite web |url=http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/28 |title=BAIRD, FRANK |website=Indiana Football Hall of Fame |via=indiana-football.org |year=2009 |accessdate=March 11, 2017}} He has been named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, the Indiana Football Hall of Fame, the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame and the Butler Athletic Hall of Fame.