Gerry Baker

Gerard Austin Baker (11 April 1938 – 24 August 2013) was an American-born Scottish footballer. From 1955 until 1970, he played 16 seasons in either the Scottish or English first division. He earned seven caps with the US national team in 1968 and 1969, scoring two goals. His younger brother was the footballer Joe Baker.

Youth
Baker was born to Scottish parents in New Rochelle, New York, where they were settled at the time. In 1939, his parents moved for a short while to Liverpool, where Gerry's brother, future England international Joe Baker, was born. Their father volunteered in the Merchant Marine during World War II and died on active service. The family was evacuated to Scotland, and the brothers were raised in Motherwell.

He attended Park Primary and St.November 1960, Manchester City paid £17,000 for him (the deal also involved defender John McTavish moving in the opposite direction). Baker spent only the remainder of the 1960–61 season and the beginning of 1961–62 with City, before they sold his contract to Hibernian for £18,000 in November 1961. Over the next two years, Baker scored 43 goals in 84 games for Hibs before moving to Ipswich Town in December 1963. Ipswich paid £25,000 for him, and the player more than returned this investment by scoring 66 goals in 151 games. Ipswich then transferred Baker to Coventry City in November 1967. Over the next two seasons, he scored only six times in thirty games with Coventry. In October 1969, Coventry loaned Baker to Brentford where he scored two goals