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General First nameDonald (Don)
LastnameBauld
GenderMale
CountryCanada
Date of birth1914-06-14
Place of birthHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of death1996-07-04
Place of deathHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


About

From the Nova Scotia Hall of Fame:
https://nsshf.com/inductee/don-bauld/

Donald Bauld was an athlete who excelled in many sports. In the 1940s, there was no better male player in racquet sport in Nova Scotia than Don Bauld. From 1934 to 1951, he was a ten-time Halifax County tennis champion, a five-time Nova Scotia champion and he won the Eastern Canadian title twice. Bauld also won four Maritime Badminton singles from 1947 to 1951.

In 1949, Donald Bauld held the number one spot in Nova Scotia while being ranked fifth in all of Canada for men’s tennis. In addition to his individual achievements, Bauld also played mixed and men’s doubles. Teamed with his brother Gordon, they became provincial men’s doubles champions six times between 1936 and 1951. During the same period, he also claimed five Maritime Badminton doubles championships with three different partners.

Other tennis competitions: 1945: Ottawa City & District singles champion; 1959: senior men’s singles tennis champion of Bermuda; 1959 and 1964: Nova Scotia senior men’s singles tennis champion.

Donald Bauld was also well known for his all-around athletic abilities in rugby, basketball, and curling. He was on winning teams on many occasions:

Rugby: Played the flying half-position, fastest position on teams, for the Wanderers A.A.C. from 1935-1939. Won the Nova Scotia Championship twice.

Basketball: Captain on several teams. Played for Dalhousie Tigers and won the Maritime Championship in 1933. Played for Dalhousie Grads and won the provincial crown in 1935. Played for the Wanderers A.A.C. Bauld was on five consecutive city basketball championship teams, each time on a different team (the Wanderers A.A.C. was one of them).

Curling: Skipper of many winning rinks. Represented Nova Scotia at the 1958 Canadian Brier with Hugh Spencer, Alan Cole and D’arcy Sullivan.

Donald Bauld was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980.

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Archive statistics Career1936 - 1961
Tournament wins1
Matches17
Match wins8


Tournament wins 1937 - Halifax County Tournament (Amateur)


Tournaments Bermuda Championships - 1961 Mystic Valley - 1960 Coral Beach Club Invitation - 1959 Canadian International Championships - 1949 Nova Scotia Championships - 1941 Nova Scotia Championships - 1940 Nova Scotia Championships - 1939 Nova Scotia Championships - 1938 Halifax County Tournament - 1937 Nova Scotia Championships - 1936