Charlie Baker (footballer)
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Charles M. Baker was an Australian rules football
er in the VFL
.
Recruited from St. Patrick's, Ballarat
. He played 75 games for St Kilda 1901–1906. He kicked 120 goals including, a then club record, four in his first VFL game.
He represented Victoria in cricket
and football.
Baker won the Leading Goalkicker Medal in 1902.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er in the VFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
.
Recruited from St. Patrick's, Ballarat
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth...
. He played 75 games for St Kilda 1901–1906. He kicked 120 goals including, a then club record, four in his first VFL game.
He represented Victoria in cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and football.
Baker won the Leading Goalkicker Medal in 1902.