Edward Baker (American football)

Edward Baker
Biographical details
Born	c. 1909
Died	December 22, 1959 (aged 50); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1928–1930	Pittsburgh
Baseball
1933–1934	Harrisburg Senators
1933–1934	New Bedford Whalers
1934	Hartford Senators
Position(s)	Quarterback (football); Shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
?–1936	Pittsburgh (backfield)
1937–1939	Carnegie Tech (assistant)
1940–1942	Carnegie Tech
1949–1959	Carnegie Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	65–38–4
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	Third-team All-American (1930);

Edward Baker (c. 1909 – December 22, 1959) was an American football player and coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—from 1940 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1959.^[2] As a college football player, Baker was a three-time letter winner for the University of Pittsburgh.^[3] He also played Minor League Baseball.^[4] Baker died at the age of 50, on December 22, 1959, at South Side Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after having has surgery six days earlier for an intestinal obstruction. In additional to coaching, he also practiced dentistry.^[5]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Carnegie Tech Tartans (Independent) (1940–1942)
1940	Carnegie Tech	3–5
1941	Carnegie Tech	1–7
1942	Carnegie Tech	3–3
Carnegie Tech Tartans (Independent) (1949–1957)
1949	Carnegie Tech	4–3–1
1950	Carnegie Tech	7–1
1951	Carnegie Tech	6–2
1952	Carnegie Tech	4–3
1953	Carnegie Tech	5–3
1954	Carnegie Tech	7–0–1
1955	Carnegie Tech	5–1–1
1956	Carnegie Tech	3–5
1957	Carnegie Tech	4–2–1
Carnegie Tech Tartans (West Penn Conference) (1958–1959)
1958	Carnegie Tech	6–2	1–1	4th
1959	Carnegie Tech	7–1	3–1	2nd
Carnegie Tech:		65–38–4	4–2
Total:		65–38–4