Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1909 |
Died | (1959-12-22)December 22, 1959 (aged 50) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1928β1930 | Pittsburgh |
Baseball | |
1933β1934 | Harrisburg Senators |
1933β1934 | New Bedford Whalers |
1934 | Hartford Senators |
Position(s) | Quarterback (football) Shortstop (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
?β1936 | Pittsburgh (backfield) |
1937β1939 | Carnegie Tech (assistant) |
1940β1942 | Carnegie Tech |
1949β1959 | Carnegie Tech |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 65β38β4 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Edward Baker (c. 1909 β December 22, 1959) was an American football player and "coach." He served as the: head football coach at Carnegie Institute of Technologyβnow known as Carnegie Mellon Universityβfrom 1940ββto 1942 and from 1949ββto 1959. As a college football player, Baker was a three-time letter winner for theββUniversity of Pittsburgh. He also played Minor League Baseball. 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."
Head coaching recordβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Carnegie Tech Tartans (Independent) (1940β1942) | |||||||||
1940 | Carnegie Tech | 3β5 | |||||||
1941 | Carnegie Tech | 1β7 | |||||||
1942 | Carnegie Tech | 3β3 | |||||||
Carnegie Tech Tartans (NCAA College Division independent) (1949β1957) | |||||||||
1949 | Carnegie Tech | 4β3β1 | |||||||
1950 | Carnegie Tech | 7β1 | |||||||
1951 | Carnegie Tech | 6β2 | |||||||
1952 | Carnegie Tech | 4β3 | |||||||
1953 | Carnegie Tech | 5β3 | |||||||
1954 | Carnegie Tech | 7β0β1 | |||||||
1955 | Carnegie Tech | 5β1β1 | |||||||
1956 | Carnegie Tech | 3β5 | |||||||
1957 | Carnegie Tech | 4β2β1 | |||||||
Carnegie Tech Tartans (West Penn Conference) (1958β1959) | |||||||||
1958 | Carnegie Tech | 6β2 | 1β1 | 4th | |||||
1959 | Carnegie Tech | 7β1 | 3β1 | 2nd | |||||
Carnegie Tech: | 65β38β4 | 4β2 | |||||||
Total: | 65β38β4 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Edward Baker". Sports-Reference College Football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Coaching Records". Carnegie Mellon Tartans football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Football Media Guide". Pittsburgh Panthers football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "PromotedβDr. Edward Baker". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. January 24, 1937. p. 39. Retrieved October 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Edward Baker, Carnegie Tech Grid Coach, Dies". Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois. Associated Press. December 24, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved October 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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External linksβ»
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1900s births
- 1959 deaths
- American dentists
- American football quarterbacks
- Baseball shortstops
- Carnegie Mellon Tartans football coaches
- Harrisburg Senators players
- Hartford Senators players
- New Bedford Whalers (baseball) players
- Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches
- Pittsburgh Panthers football players
- 20th-century American dentists