Janet Baird
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2024}}
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| name = Janet Baird
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|01|12|df=y}}
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| originalteam = Palmerston (NTFL)
NT Thunder (VFLW)
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| debutdate = 2021
| debutteam = {{AFLW|GC}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW|GWS}}
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| height = 167 cm
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| years1 = 2021–2022 (S6)
| club1 = {{AFLW|GC}}
| games_goals1 = 3 (0)
| years2 = 2022 (S7)–2023
| club2 = {{AFLW|Haw}}
| games_goals2 = 1 (0)
| games_goalstotal = 4 (0)
| statsend = 2023
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Janet Baird (born 12 January 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Early life
Baird is a Tiwi[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-29/inside-the-rise-of-tiwi-bombers-womens-aussie-rules/101527084 Footy Islands] By Geoff Thompson for ABC News 29 October 2022 who was raised in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.[https://www.aflnt.com.au/news/2020/williams-and-baird-land-aflw-dream WILLIAMS AND BAIRD LAND AFLW DREAM] from AFL Northern Territory 6 October 2020
She moved to Darwin to further her football, playing her junior football with Palmerston in the NTFL and senior football with the NT Thunder in the VFLW.
Biard was overlooked in the AFLW draft, despite representing the Allies U18 team, however she refused to give up on an AFLW career.[https://www.womens.afl/news/52156/-not-being-drafted-really-hurt-the-all-stars-skipper-refusing-to-give-up 'Not being drafted really hurt': The All-Stars skipper refusing to give up] from AFLW 29 Septbmer 2020 Following the draft the Gold Coast Suns offered her a train-on position in 2021https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/823241/nt-product-janet-baird-becomes-a-sun NT product Janet Baird becomes a SUN] By Josh Cheadle for Gold Coast Football CLub 7 October 2020 She was selected to debut the following year in round 3.[https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/861189/janet-baird-to-make-aflw-debut Janet Baird to make AFLW debut] By SUNS Media 11 February 2021
Statistics
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{{AFLW player statistics start}}
|-
| 2021 || {{AFLW|GC}} || 18
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.5 || 1.5 || 4.0 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 0
|-
| 2022 (S6) || {{AFLW|GC}} || 18
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 6.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0
|-
| 2022 (S7) || {{AFLW|Haw}} || 2
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0
|-
| 2023 || {{AFLW|Haw}} || 2
| 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 4 !! 0 !! 0 !! 10 !! 5 !! 15 !! 2 !! 4 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 2.5 !! 1.2 !! 3.8 !! 0.5 !! 1.0 !! 0
|}
References
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External links
- {{Hawplayer}}
- {{AustralianFootball}}
{{2020 AFL Women's draft}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Darwin, Northern Territory
Category:Gold Coast Football Club (AFLW) players
Category:Hawthorn Football Club (AFLW) players
Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football