Bake Turner

Bake Turner
Date of birth July 22, 1940 (1940-07-22) (age 71)
Place of birth Alpine, Texas
Position(s) Wide Receiver
College Texas Tech
AFL Draft 1962 / Round 12 / Pick 163
Jersey Number 29
Career highlights
AFL All-Star 1963
Honors American Football League Champion,
World Champion, 1968
Stats
Statistics
Teams
1962
1963-1969
1970
NFL Baltimore Colts
AFL New York Jets
NFL Boston Patriots

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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