Charlie Baker (footballer)
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| Personal information |
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| Full name | Charles Michael Baker |
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| Date of birth | (1880-06-18)18 June 1880 |
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| Place of birth | Ballarat East, Victoria |
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| Date of death | 4 May 1962(1962-05-04) (aged 81) |
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| Place of death | Ballarat, Victoria |
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| Original team | St Pats, Ballarat |
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| Height/Weight | 175 cm |
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| Playing career1 |
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
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| 1902-1906 | St Kilda | 76 (122) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1906 season. |
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Charles Michael Baker (18 June 1880 – 4 May 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Recruited from St Patrick's College, Ballarat, he played 76 games for St Kilda from 1902–1906, and kicked 122 goals, including four of which came in his first VFL game; at the time a club record. He represented Victoria in cricket from 1903-1905 and at football before an injury ended his career.
Baker won the Leading Goalkicker Medal in 1902, a season in which St Kilda kicked only 64 goals for the year (of which Baker kicked 46.9%) and finished last without winning a match, a VFL/AFL record seven matches behind second-last placed Geelong. Baker's proportion of his team's goals is also an VFL/AFL record.
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| The Leading Goalkicker Medal was awarded from the VFL's first season, in 1897, until 1954, when the award was renamed the Coleman Medal. | | |
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