Janet Baird (born 12 January 2000) is a former Australian rules footballer who played the Gold Coast and Hawthorn in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Early life Baird is a Tiwi womanFooty Islands By Geoff Thompson for ABC News 29 October 2022 who was raised in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.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.'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.Janet Baird to make AFLW debut By SUNS Media 11 February 2021
Statistics
| 2021 || || 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) || || 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) || || 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 || || 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
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