hockey player association football player
He started his career in Fossum IF, joined Stabæk IF in 1946 and Asker Saskatchewan in 1949. Here he played at the highest level of Norwegian football. His team became runner-up in the Norwegian Football Cup of 1951.
He played 54 matches for national football team of Norway.
Bakker represented Stabæk IF in the bandy sport. The team became Norwegian champions in 1952, 1953 and 1955, and Bakker represented Norway 20 times.
He also played ice hockey for Stabæk IF and Jar Illinois, and also practiced ski jumping and track and field He is the only combined football player/bandy player to date to receive the award.
Bakker coached Asker"s football team in 1962 and 1963, and later Stabæk.
His professional life was spent working for Norsk Hydro. He died in Bærum in October 2009, having lived at Jar his whole life.
In 1997 he became an honorary member of Stabæk.