Bake Turner

Bake Turner
No. 29
Position: Wide Receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: (1940-07-22) July 22, 1940
Place of birth: Alpine, Texas
Career information
College: Texas Tech
AFL draft: 1962 / Round: 12 / Pick: 163
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • American Football League Champion, World Champion, 1968
  • AFL All-Star: 1963

Robert Hardy "Bake" Turner (born July 22, 1940) was an American football player who played at the wide receiver position. He played collegiately at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University), then professionally for nine seasons. He was with the New York Jets of the American Football League, where in 1963 he replaced Art Powell who had been traded to the Oakland Raiders. He was a member of the Jets' AFL and World Championship teams after the 1968 Pro Football season, and also played for the Baltimore Colts and Boston Patriots of the National Football League.

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