Ralph Baker (linebacker)

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

Ralph Baker

Baker with the New York Jets in 1973
No. 51
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	(1942-08-25) August 25, 1942 (age 82) Lewistown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lewistown
College:	Penn State
NFL draft:	1964 / round: 3 / pick: 38
AFL draft:	1964 / round: 6 / pick: 43
Career history
New York Jets (1964–1974)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (III) AFL champion (1968)
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ralph Robert Baker (born August 25, 1942) is an American former professional football player.^[1][2]

Baker was selected in both the 1964 AFL and NFL drafts—the Pittsburgh Steelers selected him with their third round pick, while the New York Jets used their sixth round pick to select him. Baker elected to sign with New York and played linebacker position for 141 games over 11 seasons (1964–1974). This included the Jets' Super Bowl III victory. 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^[3] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Baker played college football at Penn State University where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.^[4]

See also

• List of American Football League players

References

1. Stan Isaacs (January 6, 1969). "There he goes, our man Ralph Baker". Newsday. p. 32. Retrieved February 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Tony Mileshosky (November 9, 1979). "Ralph Baker: Pro linebacker to Tri-Valley principal". Pottsville Republican. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Author Caeser Pink2007 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
4. Langhammer, Jay (Spring–Summer 1984). "Sigma Pi Sports" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 72, no. 1. pp. 16–17. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016.