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John Baker (defensive lineman, born 1942)

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Place of birth
  
Detroit, Michigan

Weight
  
260 lb (120 kg)

Height
  
6 ft 5 in (196 cm)


Position(s)
  
DT/DE

CFL status
  
International

Name
  
John Baker

Date of birth
  
(1942-08-15) August 15, 1942 (age 73)

John Willey Alexander Baker, Jr. (born August 15, 1942) was an American and gridiron football player who played professionally for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and Birmingham Americans and Houston Texans of the World Football League (WFL). He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1972. Baker played college football at Norfolk State University.

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