Bauld was born in
Newcraighall, Edinburgh and joined Heart of Midlothian from junior side Newtongrange Star in 1946 and was immediately loaned to Edinburgh City. Upon his return, he made an immediate impact, scoring a
hat-trick on his debut for the first-team. He, along with striking team-mates
Alfie Conn and
Jimmy Wardhaugh, became known as the
Terrible Trio. He helped Hearts to a
Scottish Cup triumph in
1956, the
League Championship in
1957–58 and
1959–60 and
League Cup successes in 1955 and 1959. He scored 355 goals in 510 Hearts games. ==International career==