Johnny Baker (linebacker)
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| Position: | Linebacker/tight end | ||||||||
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| Born: | March 15, 1941 Camden, Alabama,U.S. | ||||||||
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| College: | Mississippi State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1963/ round: 3 / pick: 37 (by theLos Angeles Rams)[1] | ||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1963/ round: 7 / pick: 54 | ||||||||
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John Hendrix Baker, III(born March 15, 1941) is an American former professionalfootballlinebackerandtight end.He playedcollege footballatMississippi State University,where he was a linebacker and anoffensive end.He played in theAmerican Football League(AFL) for theHouston Oilersfrom 1963 through 1966 and theSan Diego Chargersin 1967.
Personal life
[edit]Baker married Carla Swanson, a member of theSwansonTV dinnersfamily, on June 22, 1968, atKountze Memorial Lutheran ChurchinOmaha, Nebraska.[2]He has a daughter named Cara and three sons: Jason, Jacob, and Joshua. Joshua pitched in theCollege World Seriesfor theRice Owls.Baker is the father-in-law ofMajor League BaseballplayerLance Berkman.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"1963 Los Angeles Rams".databaseFootball.Archived from the original on April 10, 2007.RetrievedJuly 18,2020.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Miss Swanson Wed Saturday Afternoon".The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA.June 23, 1968.
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- 1941 births
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- People from Camden, Alabama
- Players of American football from Alabama
- American football linebackers
- American football tight ends
- Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
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- San Diego Chargers players
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- American football tight end, pre-1950 birth stubs