Ralph Baker (linebacker)

For other notable people with this name, see Ralph Baker (disambiguation).
Ralph Baker

refer to caption

Baker playing for the Jets in 1973
No. 51
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1942-08-25) August 25, 1942
Place of birth: Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
College: Penn State
NFL Draft: 1964 / Round: 3 / Pick: 38
AFL draft: 1964 / Round: 6 / Pick: 43
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Ralph Robert Baker (born August 25, 1942) is a former professional American football player.

Baker was drafted in both the 1964 AFL and NFL drafts—the Pittsburgh Steelers selected him with their 3rd-round pick, while the New York Jets used their 6th-round pick to select him. Baker elected to sign with New York and played linebacker position for 141 games over 11 seasons (1964–1974). In 1979, he was hired as Vice Principal of the Chief Logan High School in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. This period marked a time of trouble within the rebellious student body[1] and, after one year, both Baker and the school's head principal resigned. He retired as principal of Tuscarora Junior High School in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in 2010.

Baker played college football at Penn State University where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Author Caeser Pink2007
  2. ↑ Langhammer, Jay (Spring–Summer 1984). "Sigma Pi Sports" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 72 no. 1. pp. 16–17.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.