George Baldock Died In Pool Accident With No Drugs Or Alcohol Involved, Inquest Finds

The erstwhile master footballer George Baldock died successful an mishap successful his ain swimming excavation pinch nary narcotics aliases intoxicant successful his system, an inquest has found. The 31-year-old Greece world had been surviving successful Athens aft signing precocious for Panathinaikos when he died connected 9 October past year.

Baldock spent astir of his profession playing arsenic a defender for MK Dons and Sheffield United, having been calved successful Buckinghamshire, and had played a nine fixture conscionable 3 days earlier nan incident.

An inquest into Baldock’s decease astatine Milton Keynes coroner’s tribunal connected Wednesday confirmed his aesculapian origin of decease arsenic drowning. His family had antecedently said successful a connection that Baldock had “tragically drowned” while swimming successful nan excavation astatine his home. An investigation by Greek constabulary aft nan incident besides recovered nary grounds of criminal activity.

Baldock was discovered successful nan swimming excavation astatine his address, successful nan Glyfada territory of Athens, connected 9 October and attempts astatine resuscitation were unsuccessful, nan inquest heard. A postmortem introspection recovered nary narcotics aliases intoxicant successful his strategy and that he had a very ample bosom “that would person meant that he was susceptible to bosom arrhythmias”, wherever nan bosom thumps excessively fast, excessively slow aliases irregularly.

Tom Osborne, nan elder coroner for Milton Keynes, concluded Baldock’s decease was an accident.

Tributes were paid crossed nan state successful nan days aft Baldock’s death, including by his erstwhile clubs and astatine a Nations League lucifer betwixt England and Greece astatine Wembley wherever nan stadium held a play of soundlessness and some teams wore achromatic armbands.

In a connection released astatine nan time, Baldock’s family said: “George you were nan astir typical father, fiance, son, brother, uncle, friend, teammate and person. Your enthusiasm and infectious characteristic brought truthful overmuch emotion to those that were fortunate capable to cognize you and those that adored you from nan stands. We will everlastingly cherish nan typical memories we person of you and you will proceed to unrecorded connected successful your beautiful son.”

Baldock was owed to alert location nan pursuing time to observe his son’s first birthday, his family said.