Profile | |
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Positions | Defensive tackle • Defensive end |
Personal information | |
Born | Suffolk, Virginia, U.S. | August 15, 1942
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Norfolk State |
NFL draft | 1964: 19th round, 265th overall pick |
Career history | |
1964 – 1969 | Montreal Alouettes |
1970 | New York Giants |
1971 – 1972 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
1974 | Birmingham Americans |
1974 | Houston Texans |
Awards and highlights | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
John Willey Alexander Baker, Jr. (born August 15, 1942) is an American former gridiron football player who played professionally for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and Birmingham Americans and Houston Texans of the World Football League (WFL). He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1972. Baker played college football at Norfolk State University. [1]