Ted Baker (footballer)

Ted Baker
Personal information
Full name Edward Baker
Date of birth (1901-01-21)21 January 1901
Date of death 22 July 1986(1986-07-22) (aged 85)
Height/Weight 165cm / 68kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1920
1922–1923
1927–1932
1932
1934
Total -
Carlton
Collingwood
Geelong
Collingwood
Footscray
001 00(0)
033 0(24)
095 (101)
010 00(9)
003 00(5)
142 (139)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria 8
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980 season.
Career highlights

Edward 'Ted' Baker (21 January 1901 – 22 July 1986)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with four clubs in the VFL, mainly for Geelong and Collingwood. A rover, he also played eight games for Victoria at interstate football. The highlight of his career was being Geelong's premiership captain in 1931.

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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Arthur Coghlan
Captain of Geelong
1931
Succeeded by
Reg Hickey

References

  1. "Ted Baker". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

External links

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