Tony Baker
Vernon Anthony Baker
Born: February 16, 1945
Fort Madison, IA USA
Deceased: August 9, 1998
Mediapolis, IA
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 229
College: Iowa St.
High School: Burlington (IA)
Career: 1968-1975
Tony Baker played from 1968 to 1975 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles and San Diego Chargers. Baker ran for 2,087 yards in his career on 536 attempts, scoring 15 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 82 passes for 685 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 134 | 642 | 4.8 | 54 | 1 |
1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 82 | 337 | 4.1 | 29 | 1 |
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 29 | 125 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 49 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 90 | 322 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
1973 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 85 | 344 | 4.0 | 17 | 7 |
1974 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 53 | 135 | 2.5 | 13 | 5 |
1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 42 | 131 | 3.1 | 18 | 1 |
Totals | 536 | 2087 | 3.9 | 54 | 15 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 34 | 352 | 10.4 | 35 | 1 |
1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 29 | 1 |
1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 14 | 0 |
1974 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 42 | 0 |
1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 82 | 685 | 8.4 | 42 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1973 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
1974 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 |
1969 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 0 |
1970 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 8 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 0 |
1973 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 |
1974 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 |
1975 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 1 |