Joe Baker

Who is this?

Joseph Henry Baker (17 August 1940 – 6 October 2003) was a professional footballer who played at club level for Hibernian, Torino, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland and Raith Rovers. At the age of 26 he achieved the feat of having scored 100 top division goals in both Scotland and England. He made eight appearances for the England national team, scoring three goals. Born to a Scottish mother and English father in Liverpool, Baker spent the first six weeks of his life in England and was then raised in Scotland until he moved to Italy aged 20. Despite self-identifying as Scottish, rules at the time meant his only international football eligibility was for his birth nation. His full England debut in 1959 made him the first professional footballer to represent England while playing for a club outside the English football league system, and the first to have never played for an English club before his full England debut.

Career

1. 1940
   Born
2. 1957
   Joined Hibernian F.C.
3. 1959
   Joined England men's national association football team
4. 1961
   Joined Torino FC
5. 1962
   Joined Arsenal F.C.
6. 1966
   Joined Nottingham Forest F.C.
7. 1969
   Joined Sunderland A.F.C.
8. 1971
   Joined Hibernian F.C.
9. 1972
   Joined Raith Rovers F.C.
10. 2003
    Passed away

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Woolton
• •Citizenship: United Kingdom
• •Known as: association football player, association football coach
• •Sport: association football