Gerry Baker – SkyBlueArchive

Position

Forward

Nationality

Place Of Birth

New York

Date Of Birth

April 11, 1938

Date Of Death

August 24, 2013 (75)

Games Played

Per Game

Games Started

0.9

Per Game

Minutes

2575

75.7

Per Game

Goals

0.2

Per Game

Assists

0.1

Per Game

As a baby was brought to his father's native Liverpool, so that his father could assist the war effort and the family was later evacuated to Scotland, and Gerry was brought up in Motherwell with his younger brother Joe who won full caps for England. Gerry had a somewhat nomadic playing career, being on Chelsea’s books and then making a name as a goalscorer for St Mirren, once scoring ten goals in a Scottish Cup game against Glasgow University. From there it was Manchester City, Hibernian and Ipswich before Noel Cantwell paid £20,000 to bring him to Highfield Road. His career at City was brief but he did score some vital goals. After being released by City he played and coached in non-league football for Margate, Nuneaton Borough, Bedworth United and Racing Warwick. Gerry later worked for Jaguar Cars and then retired back to Scotland. He has two talented athletes as daughters, Lorraine and Karen have both represented Great Britain.

• Forward
• Joined from Ipswich Town (aged 29 years 7 months) under Noel Cantwell
• Released (aged 32 years 1 month) under Noel Cantwell
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