Norm Baker (footballer)

Norm Baker
Personal information
Full name Norman Baker
Date of birth (1917-04-24)24 April 1917
Place of birth Northcote, Victoria
Date of death 28 January 1979(1979-01-28) (aged 61)
Place of death Sandy Point, Victoria
Original team(s) Northcote CYMS
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Back pocker / Halfback
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–41 Essendon 55 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Norman Baker (24 April 1917 – 28 January 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

His football career ended when he enlisted to serve in World War II.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: Norman Baker". Commonwealth of Australia.


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