| Edward Baker | |
| Death Date: | (aged 50) |
| Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1928–1930 |
| Player Team2: | Pittsburgh |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1933–1934 |
| Player Team4: | Harrisburg Senators |
| Player Years5: | 1933–1934 |
| Player Team5: | New Bedford Whalers |
| Player Years6: | 1934 |
| Player Team6: | Hartford Senators |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) Shortstop (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | ?–1936 |
| Coach Team2: | Pittsburgh (backfield) |
| Coach Years3: | 1937–1939 |
| Coach Team3: | Carnegie Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1940–1942 |
| Coach Team4: | Carnegie Tech |
| Coach Years5: | 1949–1959 |
| Coach Team5: | Carnegie Tech |
| Overall Record: | 65–38–4 |
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Edward Baker (– December 22, 1959) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—from 1940 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1959.[2] As a college football player, Baker was a three-time letter winner for the University of Pittsburgh.[3] He also played Minor League Baseball.[4] Baker died at the age of 50, on December 22, 1959, at South Side Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after having has surgery six days earlier for an intestinal obstruction. In additional to coaching, he also practiced dentistry.[5]