Billy Baker (footballer, born 1894)

Arthur Lewis Baker (8 January 1894 – March 1972) was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Brentford.[3]

Billy Baker
Baker lining up for Brentford in 1919.
Personal information
Full name Arthur Lewis Baker[1]
Date of birth (1894-01-08)8 January 1894
Place of birth Plumstead, England
Date of death March 1972 (1972-04) (aged 78)[2]
Place of death Merton, England
Playing 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
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[lower-alpha 1] 2 4 2
Career total 6 0 0 0 2 2 8 2
  1. Appearances in London Challenge Cup

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 15. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. Billy Baker on Lives of the First World War
  3. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 15. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 366. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. "Greensnet – Official Hendon FC: Former Staff – A Baker". www.hendonfc.net. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  6. "Greensnet – Official Hendon FC: Results – Season 1922/1923". www.hendonfc.net. Retrieved 31 March 2019.


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