Conway Baker
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| Position: | Guard, tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | September 9, 1911 Marlin, Texas | ||||||||
| Died: | May 28, 1997 (aged 85) Shreveport, Louisiana | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | C. E. Byrd (Shreveport, Louisiana) | ||||||||
| College: | Centenary | ||||||||
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Conway Oscar Baker (September 9, 1911 – May 28, 1997) was an American football player who played professionally as a guard and tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals from 1936 to 1945. He was also a member of the combined Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers squad known in as Card-Pitt in 1944. Baker attended C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana and played college football at Centenary College of Louisiana.
Baker later worked for City of Shreveport Traffic Engineering Department. He died May 28, 1997, in Shreveport, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Conway Baker". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. May 29, 1997. p. 12. Retrieved August 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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- 1911 births
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- American football guards
- American football tackles
- Card-Pitt players
- C. E. Byrd High School alumni
- Centenary Gentlemen football players
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- People from Marlin, Texas
- Players of American football from Falls County, Texas
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- Neurological disease deaths in Louisiana
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