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Terry Baker

Terry Baker
No. 11
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1941-05-05) May 5, 1941 (age 75)
Place of birth: Pine River, Minnesota
Career information
College: Oregon State
NFL Draft: 1963 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
TDINT: 0–4
Yards: 154
Passer rating: 40.7
Player stats at NFL.com
TDINT: 0–4
Yards: 154
Passer rating: 40.7
Player stats at NFL.com

Terry Wayne Baker (born May 5, 1941) is a former American football and basketball player. He played college football and college basketball at the Oregon State University. He played as a quarterback for the Oregon State Beavers football team from 1960 to 1962, winning the Heisman Trophy as senior. In the spring of his senior year, he played in the Final Four of the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team. To date, he is the only athlete to win a Heisman Trophy and play in the Final Four. Baker was the first overall pick in the 1963 NFL draft and played with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) from 1963 to 1965. He then played for one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Edmonton Eskimos, in 1966. Baker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

Baker was born May 5, 1941 in Pine River, Minnesota. He attended Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon and was a standout three-sport athlete for the school's teams, the Democrats.

Baker was a three-year letter winner in basketball, and led the Democrats to the Portland Interscholastic League city championship his senior year. Baker was also a great baseball player. He earned a letter all four years of high school in baseball and led his team to the 1959 Oregon School Activities Association state championship.


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