Terry Baker

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Terry Baker
Date of birth	May 5, 1941 (age 65)
Place of birth	Pine River, Minnesota
Position(s)	Quarterback
College	Oregon State
NFL Draft	1963 / Round 1/ Pick 1
Career Highlights
Awards	1962 Heisman Trophy, 1962 Maxwell Award, 1962 Liberty Bowl MVP
Honors	1962 Consensus All-American, 1962 SI Sportsman of the Year, State of Oregon Sports HOF College Football Hall of Fame, OSU Sports HOF (1988), National High School HOF
Retired #s	Oregon State's #11
Stats
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1963-1965 1967	Los Angeles Rams Edmonton Eskimos
College Hall of Fame

Terry Wayne Baker (born May 5, 1941 in Pine River, Minnesota) is a former quarterback for the Oregon State University football team. He played for them through the 1960-1962 seasons. He is most notable for winning the 1962 Heisman Trophy.

In addition to winning the Heisman in 1962, he also won the Maxwell Award, was a consensus first team All-American, was named MVP in the 1962 Liberty Bowl after leading OSU to a 6-0 victory over Villanova, was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, was a Helms Foundation Award recipient, and was the winner of 14 player of the year awards, including the AP, UPI, and The Sporting News. He was also part of the All-Star team in the 1963 College All-Star Game, the last game to which the All-Star team would ever defeat the reigning NFL champions.

He also played as a point guard on the Oregon State basketball team, helping them reach the Final Four in 1963. He was selected a third team All-American.

He was the first person to win the Heisman Trophy west of Texas and for Oregon State. His #11 football jersey has been retired by the university. In the 1962 Liberty Bowl, his 99 yard run for a touchdown for the only points scored in the game led to him being named MVP. In 1980, he was inducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, and in 1988 was inducted into the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame. To date, he is the only person to have both won a Heisman Trophy and played in the Final Four.

After graduation, he entered the 1963 NFL Draft and was the first overall pick, by the Los Angeles Rams.

He played with the Rams for 3 seasons, and later played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL while earning a J.D. at the University of Southern California Law School. He is considered the first of many Heisman trophy busts in the NFL, mainly due to his style of play not fitting into the Rams' offensive scheme.

He is currently a retired lawyer living in Portland, Oregon.

Preceded by Ernie Davis	Heisman Trophy Winner 1962	Succeeded by Roger Staubach
Preceded by Robert E. Ferguson	Maxwell Award Winner 1962	Succeeded by Roger Staubach
Preceded by Jerry Lucas	Sportsman of the Year 1962	Succeeded by Pete Rozelle

National Football League number one overall Draft picks

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