Frank Baker was a footballer who played in the Football League

The Football League

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 for Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

. He made 165 appearances for Stoke.

Career

Frank Baker started his career at his local side Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

 as a youngster before joining their cross-city rivals

Potteries derby

The Potteries derby is the football local derby in Stoke-on-Trent between Port Vale and Stoke City. The fans of each club both consider the other to be their main rivals; this has led to a heated atmosphere at these matches, especially with the rise of football hooliganism and the 'Naughty Forty'...

 Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 in 1936. Baker went on to give the Potters great service for the next thirteen years including playing in Stoke's successful war-time team. He had to quit football in 1949 on advice from doctors after he broke his leg for the fourth time in his career. He still went on to play amateur football for Stafford Rangers

Stafford Rangers F.C.

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 and Leek Town

Leek Town F.C.

Leek Town Football Club is an English football club based in Leek, Staffordshire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South...

. He later went on to run a fish and chip shop

Fish and chips

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 in Fenton

Fenton, Staffordshire

Fenton is one of the six towns of the Stoke-on-Trent conurbation which were federated in 1910. It is situated in the south-east of the city. Arnold Bennett called his fictionalised version of Stoke on Trent the "Five Towns", and Fenton has been dubbed the town Arnold Bennett...

 before his death on 10 December 1989.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...	1936–37	4	0	0	0	4	0
	1937–38	41	11	3	1	44	12
	1938–39	36	10	2	0	38	10
	1945–46	0	0	2	0	2	0
	1946–47	39	6	5	0	44	6
	1947–48	14	3	0	0	14	3
	1948–49	17	2	0	0	17	2
	1949–50	11	0	0	0	11	0
Career Total		162	32	12	1	174	33