Horace Baker (footballer)

Horace Baker

Personal information
Full name	Horace Anthony Baker[1]
Date of birth	1 September 1910[1]
Place of birth	Fenton, England[1]
Date of death	1 March 1974 (aged 63)[1]
Place of death	Creswell, England[1]
Playing position	Outside-right
Youth career
	Longton Hall
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1932–1934	Port Vale	10	(1)
1934–1936	Tranmere Rovers	23	(10)
1936–1937	Shrewsbury Town
1937–1938	Southport	20	(3)
	Shrewsbury Town
Total		53	(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Horace Anthony Baker (1 September 1910 – 1 March 1974) was an English footballer who played at outside-right for Port Vale, Tranmere Rovers, Shrewsbury Town and Southport.

Playing career

Baker played for Longton Hall, before joining Port Vale as an amateur in March 1932, signing professional forms two months later.^[1] He made seven Second Division appearances in the 1932–33 season, scoring one goal in a 4–0 win over Notts County at The Old Recreation Ground on 20 March.^[1] He featured just three times in the 1933–34 season, and was given a free transfer to Tranmere Rovers in May 1934.^[1][2] Tranmere finished sixth and third in the Third Division North in 1934–35 and 1935–36; Baker played 23 league games at Prenton Park, scoring ten goals. He later played for Shrewsbury Town, before joining Southport, and then returning to Shrewsbury Town.^[1][2]

Statistics

• Sourced from Horace Baker profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1932–33	Second Division	7	1	0	0	7	1
	1933–34	Second Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		10	1	0	0	10	1
Tranmere Rovers	1934–35	Third Division North	19	8	2	2	21	10
	1935–36	Third Division North	4	2	0	0	4	2
	Total		23	10	2	2	25	12
Southport	1937–38	Third Division North	20	3	4	2	24	5

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 15. ISBN 978-0952915201.
2. Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.