Bob Baker

Bob Baker grew up in Minnesota and played high school hockey for the Lincoln High Prowlers. Baker played for the Thief River Falls Thieves in 1947-48 before being named to the 1948 Winter Olympic team. As a forward he later played one year with the Rochester Mustangs of the American Amateur Hockey League. At the 1948 Winter Olympics, he played in all eight US games, scoring 7 goals and 10 points. He worked for IBM and was later transferred to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he became an avid golfer and a big NC State fan.