Eugene Vanvoy Baker (c. 1854 – October 16, 1942)[1] was a pioneer college football player and coach for the Yale Bulldogs of Yale University.

[7][8] A plaque in Yale's trophy room read "In Recognition of the Services of Eugene V. Baker, '77 The Organizer and Captain of Yale's First Victorious Football Team This Room Has been Furnished and The Tablet Placed Here By His Classmates 1893."

Orrin's mother was a descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower.

Eugene's father Orrin was an attorney and Civil War veteran who defended Henry Wirz.

Later in life Orrin suffered from delusions, and died from exhaustion "a hopeless, mentally deranged, prisoner.