Ralph Baker

Born: Jun 28, 1902, in Rochelle, Illinois
Died: Aug 3, 1977, in Portland, Oregon

Ralph Baker played running back at Northwestern. He was a consensus All‑American in 1926. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.

Honors

Inducted 1981College Football Hall of Fame
1924, 1925, 1926First-team All-Big Ten
1926Consensus All‑American

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 1926

All-America: consensus 1926; Lawrence Perry first team 1924; Billy Evans second team 1924; Davis J. Walsh second team 1924; Walter Eckersall second team 1924; Norman E. Brown second team 1925; Norman E. Brown third team 1924

The teams in those years

1924 Northwestern4–⁠4Before the AP poll (1936)
1925 Northwestern5–⁠3Before the AP poll (1936)
1926 Northwestern7–⁠1Big Ten champions

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

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