Charles E. Baer (September 24, 1905 – May 31, 1987) was an American football coach.

He served as the head football coach at the University of Detroit Mercy for six seasons, from 1945 until 1950.

[2] Baer was captain of his high school football team in Streator, Illinois, from which he graduated in 1923.

He played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign as a guard.

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