[1] After college, Weldon played for the Portsmouth Cubs of the Dixie League, and won the championship in 1939 and 1940.
He set a new league record by throwing seven touchdown passes in the span of ten games.
He took the assumed name because he was under contract to the St. Louis Cardinals and didn't want the owners to know he was playing football.
[8] Baker went on to be the head coach of the Furman (1973–1977), The Citadel (1978–1982) and East Carolina (1985–1988) college football programs.
[9] In 1948, Weldon was chosen to be the head coach of "Lower State" team in the first annual South Carolina high school football all-star game, which they won.