B. Jack Baker
North Melbourne
AFL career
28 games4 goals
- Debut
- R4 1938 v ESS14 May 1938
- Most recent
- R18 1940 v MEL31 Aug 1940
Stats
Bio
Standing as one of the shortest players in the history of VFL/AFL football, Jack Baker (listed as B. Jack Baker) was a diminutive rover who made a unique mark on the North Melbourne side of the late 1930s. Measuring just 158cm (5 ft 2 in), Baker was recruited from Warragul in the Gippsland region, overcoming his lack of height with agility and ground-level smarts. He broke into the senior side in 1938 and became a consistent contributor for the Shinboners, playing largely as a second rover or forward pocket who could get under the packs of larger opponents. His brief but memorable career concluded at the end of the 1940 season, coinciding with the league's disruption during the Second World War, leaving him with a legacy defined by his tenacity and his place in the record books as one of the game's smallest-ever competitors.
Profile
- Born
- 02 Mar 1918
- Died
- 02 Apr 1988 (aged 70y 31d)
- Height
- 158 cm
- Weight
- 59 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionStanding as one of the shortest players in the history of VFL/AFL football, Jack Baker (listed as B. Jack Baker) was a diminutive rover who made a unique mark on the North Melbourne side of the late 1930s. Measuring just 158cm (5 ft 2 in), Baker was recruited from Warragul in the Gippsland region, overcoming his lack of height with agility and ground-level smarts. He broke into the senior side in 1938 and became a consistent contributor for the Shinboners, playing largely as a second rover or forward pocket who could get under the packs of larger opponents. His brief but memorable career concluded at the end of the 1940 season, coinciding with the league's disruption during the Second World War, leaving him with a legacy defined by his tenacity and his place in the record books as one of the game's smallest-ever competitors.