Ted Baker (footballer)
Ted Baker | |||
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![]() baker during his Collingwood career | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Edward Richard Baker | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Maryborough, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 22 July 1986 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Oakleigh South, Victoria | ||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1920 | Carlton | 1 (0) | |
1922–1923 | Collingwood | 33 (24) | |
1927–1932 | Geelong | 95 (101) | |
1932 | Collingwood | 10 (9) | |
1934 | Footscray | 3 (5) | |
Total | 142 (139) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Victoria | 8 | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Edward Richard Baker (21 January 1901 – 22 July 1986)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with four clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL), mainly for Geelong and Collingwood.
Baker was born in Maryborough, but lived in Wonthaggo from the of ten years old.[2]
A rover, he also played eight games for Victoria at interstate football.
The highlight of his career was being Geelong's 1931 VFL premiership captain.
See also[edit]
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Back Row: Jack Moriarty, Albert "Leeter" Collier, Hugh Dunbar, Gordon "Nuts" Coventry, Bob Johnson, Jack Baggott.
Second Row: Jack Vosti, Charlie Stanbridge, Arthur Stevens, Alex Duncan, Dick Taylor, Ted Baker.
Front Row: Basil McCormack, Arthur Rayson, Alan Geddes (vice-captain), Syd Coventry (captain), Barney Carr, Arthur “Bull” Coghlan, Herbert White.
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ "Ted Baker". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "1930 - Ted Baker: Polished rover". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 24 May 1030. p. 6. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
External links[edit]
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- Ted Baker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ted Baker profile via Bluesum