Billy Baker (footballer, born 1894)
![]() Baker lining up for Brentford in 1919. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur Lewis Baker[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1894 | ||
Place of birth | Plumstead, England | ||
Date of death | March 1972[2] | (aged 78)||
Place of death | Merton, England | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1918–1919 | Brentford | 26 | (6) |
1920–1921 | Brentford | 4 | (0) |
1922 | Hampstead Town | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Arthur Lewis Baker (8 January 1894 – March 1972) was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Brentford.[3]
Career
A Royal Navy regular with no experience of professional football, Baker signed for London Combination club Brentford in the autumn of 1918.[3] His performances on the wing were such that he forced cricket/football star Patsy Hendren to switch to the other flank in order to stay in the team.[3] Baker was a part of the team which won the London Combination title in the 1918–19 season, but his Navy duties took him away from Griffin Park after the season.[3] Baker returned on trial in the autumn of 1920, during Brentford's first season in the Football League.[3] He made four appearances,[4] but the club declined to buy him out of the Navy.[3] After a failed trial at Manchester City,[3] Baker dropped into non-league football to sign for Athenian League club Hampstead Town briefly in 1922.[5]
Personal life
Baker joined the Royal Navy prior to the First World War.[2]
Honours
Brentford
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1920–21[4] | Third Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Hampstead Town | 1922–23[6] | Athenian League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Career total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
- ^ Appearances in London Challenge Cup
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 15. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b Billy Baker on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b c d e f g h Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 15. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 366. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ "Greensnet – Official Hendon FC: Former Staff – A Baker". www.hendonfc.net. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Greensnet – Official Hendon FC: Results – Season 1922/1923". www.hendonfc.net. Retrieved 31 March 2019.