Edward Baker (c. 1909 – December 22, 1959) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—from 1940 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1959.[2] As a college football player, Baker was a three-time letter winner for the University of Pittsburgh.[3] He also played Minor League Baseball.[4] Baker died at the age of 50, on December 22, 1959, at South Side Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after having has surgery six days earlier for an intestinal obstruction. In additional to coaching, he also practiced dentistry.[5]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1909 |
| Died | December 22, 1959 (aged 50) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1928–1930 | Pittsburgh |
| Baseball | |
| 1933–1934 | Harrisburg Senators |
| 1933–1934 | New Bedford Whalers |
| 1934 | Hartford Senators |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) Shortstop (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| ?–1936 | Pittsburgh (backfield) |
| 1937–1939 | Carnegie Tech (assistant) |
| 1940–1942 | Carnegie Tech |
| 1949–1959 | Carnegie Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 65–38–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Tech Tartans (Independent) (1940–1942) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Carnegie Tech | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1941 | Carnegie Tech | 1–7 | |||||||
| 1942 | Carnegie Tech | 3–3 | |||||||
| Carnegie Tech Tartans (Independent) (1949–1957) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Carnegie Tech | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1950 | Carnegie Tech | 7–1 | |||||||
| 1951 | Carnegie Tech | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1952 | Carnegie Tech | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1953 | Carnegie Tech | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1954 | Carnegie Tech | 7–0–1 | |||||||
| 1955 | Carnegie Tech | 5–1–1 | |||||||
| 1956 | Carnegie Tech | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1957 | Carnegie Tech | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| Carnegie Tech Tartans (West Penn Conference) (1958–1959) | |||||||||
| 1958 | Carnegie Tech | 6–2 | 1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1959 | Carnegie Tech | 7–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Carnegie Tech: | 65–38–4 | 4–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 65–38–4 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Edward Baker". Sports-Reference College Football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Coaching Records". Carnegie Mellon Tartans football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Football Media Guide". Pittsburgh Panthers football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Promoted—Dr. Edward Baker". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. January 24, 1937. p. 39. Retrieved October 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Edward Baker, Carnegie Tech Grid Coach, Dies". Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois. Associated Press. December 24, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved October 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)