Bruce Baker (footballer)

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Bruce Baker
Personal information
Full name Bruce Baker
Date of birth (1950-03-13) 13 March 1950 (age 72)
Place of birth Tatura
Original team(s) Tatura
Height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1969–70 Fitzroy 16 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1970.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bruce Baker (born 13 March 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] Bruce left Fitzroy in 1971, playing a season for Camberwell in 1972, before moving onto Surrey Hillis in 1973 where he played until he retired in 1977 at the age of 27 due to injury.

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 36. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.


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