 Benjamin Howard Baker at the 1920 Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 September 1987 (aged 95) | ||
| Place of death | Warminster, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Marlborough Old Boys (Liverpool) | |||
| Liverpool Balmoral | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1914 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1914–1915 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| 1919–1920 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1919–1933 | Corinthian | ||
| 1921 | Everton | 2 | (0) |
| 1921–1926 | Chelsea | 92 | (1) |
| 1926 | Everton | 11 | (0) |
| 1928–1929 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 106 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1921–1925 | England | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Benjamin Howard Baker[2] (13 February 1892 – 10 September 1987) was an English athlete who excelled in a wide range of sports, mostly in association football and high jump.[3][4]
- ^ Achates (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Chelsea". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ Sources differ as to whether his surname was Baker, Howard-Baker or Howard Baker
- ^ Richard William Cox; Dave Russell; Wray Vamplew (2002). Encyclopedia of British Football. Psychology Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-7146-5249-8.
- ^ Howard Baker Archived 18 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com