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
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1918–1919 Brentford 26 (6)
1920–1921 Brentford 4 (0)
1921 Manchester City 0 (0)
1922 Hampstead Town 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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 re-registered with Brentford on 15 October 1920,[4] during the club's first season in the Football League.[3] He made four appearances,[5] but the club declined to buy him out of the Navy.[3] He transferred to First Division club Manchester City in February 1920,[4] but failed to make an appearance.[3] Baker dropped into non-League football to sign for Athenian League club Hampstead Town briefly in 1922.[6]

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[5] Third Division 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Hampstead Town 1922–23[7] Athenian League 2 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 2 4 2
Career total 6 0 0 0 2 2 8 2

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 15. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 Billy Baker on Lives of the First World War
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 15. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. 1 2 "The Football Association – Season 1920–21 – Summary Of Professional Registrations". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. 1 2 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 366. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. ↑ "Former Staff – A Baker". Greensnet – Official Hendon FC. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Results – Season 1922/1923". Greensnet – Official Hendon FC. Retrieved 31 March 2019.


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