A Royal Navy regular with no experience of professional football, Baker signed for London Combination club Brentford in the autumn of 1918.

[3] His performances on the wing were such that he forced cricket/football star Patsy Hendren to switch to the other flank in order to stay in the team.

[3] He transferred to First Division club Manchester City in February 1920,[4] but failed to make an appearance.

[3] Baker dropped into non-League football to sign for Athenian League club Hampstead Town briefly in 1922.

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