Johnny_Baker_(linebacker)

Johnny Baker (linebacker)

Johnny Baker (linebacker)

American football player (born 1941)

For the American linebacker who lived from 1923 to 1992, see Jon Baker (linebacker).

John Hendrix Baker, III (born March 15, 1941) is a former American football linebacker and tight end. He played college football at Mississippi State University, where he was a linebacker and an offensive end. He played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the Houston Oilers from 1963 through 1966 and for the San Diego Chargers in 1967.

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Personal life

Baker married Carla Swanson, a member of the Swanson TV dinners family, on June 22, 1968, at Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska.[2] He has a daughter named Cara and three sons : Jason, Jacob, and Joshua. Joshua pitched in the College World Series for the Rice Owls. Baker is the father-in-law of Major League Baseball player Lance Berkman.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "1963 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    "Miss Swanson Wed Saturday Afternoon". The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA. June 23, 1968.


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