Colin Baker (Welsh footballer)

Colin Baker
Personal information
Full name Colin Walter Baker[1]
Date of birth (1934-12-18)18 December 1934
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Date of death 11 April 2021(2021-04-11) (aged 86)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1966 Cardiff City 298 (18)
International career
1958 Wales U23 1 (0)
1958–1961 Wales 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin Walter Baker (18 December 1934 – 11 April 2021) was a Welsh professional footballer. A wing half, he spent his entire professional career playing for his home town club Cardiff City, making over 300 appearances during a 13-year spell with the Bluebirds.[3] He also won 7 caps for the Wales national team during his career and was part of the squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

  1. ^ "Colin Baker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Wales 1958". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Colin Baker". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 June 2016.