Career
He played 299 league games for Tottenham scoring three goals. Baker joined Tottenham Hotspur from Non-League club Enfield in October 1952. After a slow start at Spurs he gained a place in the first team and quickly improved and went on to play a key role in the Spurs Double-winning side of 1960-1961.
He stayed with them until the end of the 1964-1965 season, keeping a regular place in the team from the 1960-1961 season until the end of the 1963-1964 season, when he was replaced by Cyril Knowles.
After leaving White Hart Lane Baker emigrated to South Africa, where he joined Durban United F.C. and later became the club"s manager. After retiring from the game he settled in Durban, South Africa, where he ran an office and stationery business.
He has been included in the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame. He died in 2016, aged 84.