Ted Baker (footballer)

Ted Baker
baker during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name	Edward Richard Baker
Date of birth	(1901-01-21)21 January 1901
Place of birth	Maryborough, Victoria
Date of death	22 July 1986(1986-07-22) (aged 85)
Place of death	Oakleigh South, Victoria
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1920	Carlton	001 00(0)
1922–1923	Collingwood	033 0(24)
1927–1932	Geelong	095 (101)
1932	Collingwood	010 00(9)
1934	Footscray	003 00(5)
Total		142 (139)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	8
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Career highlights
Geelong premiership captain 1931 Geelong captain 1931
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

The Victorian Football League's Interstate team that drew with South Australia, in Adelaide, 13.10 (88) to 11.22 (88) on Saturday, 16 June 1928.
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.

• 1927 Melbourne Carnival

Footnotes

1. "Ted Baker". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
2. "1930 - Ted Baker: Polished rover". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 24 May 1030. p. 6. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

External links

• Ted Baker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ted Baker profile via Bluesum