Bullet Baker Explained

Bullet Baker
Birth Date:6 November 1901
Birth Place:Casper, Wyoming, U.S.
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Long Beach, California, U.S.
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lbs:180
Position:Halfback, end, fullback, quarterback
High School:Long Beach Polytechnic (CA)
College:Santa Clara
USC
Career Highlights:
  • NFL champion (1929)
Databasefootball:BAKERBUL01
Coaching Years1:1932
Coaching Team1:St. Louis Gunners
Playing Years1:1926–1927
Playing Team1:New York Yankees
Playing Years2:1928
Playing Team2:Green Bay Packers
Playing Years3:1929
Playing Team3:Chicago Cardinals
Playing Years4:1929
Playing Team4:Green Bay Packers
Playing Years5:1930
Playing Team5:Chicago Cardinals
Playing Years6:1931
Playing Team6:Staten Island Stapletons
Playing Years7:1931
Playing Team7:St. Louis Gunners

Roy Marlon Baker (November 6, 1901 – June 18, 1961) was a professional American football player in the National Football League and the first American Football League. Baker started his career at powerhouse Long Beach Polytechnic High School then continued the pipeline to USC. Over the span of his career, Baker played for the Chicago Cardinals, New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers, Staten Island Stapletons of the NFL. Before that played again in 1926 for the Yankees of the AFL. After his NFL career ended he played for the St. Louis Gunners in 1931 and was their coach in 1932. Baker won an NFL Championship in 1929 with the Green Bay Packers.

Baker was a captain in the U.S. Navy.[2]

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  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-12-28 . 2014-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302120414/http://www.profootballarchives.com/bake00600.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Assistant Coaches in Uniform (late 1940s). July 2015.