BMD-Certificates.co.uk Celebrates the Birthday of Joe Baker With Their Birth Certificate
BMD-Certificates (www.BMD-Certificates.co.uk), a Website which offers a specialized service to search for and supply copy certified and official U.K. birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates, celebrates the birthday of Joe Baker, the latest in a series commemorating important figures born in the UK, by making their birth certificate available as part of their services.
(PRWEB) August 17, 2005 -- BMD-Certificates (www.BMD-Certificates.co.uk), a website which offers a specialized service to search for and supply copy certified and official U.K. birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates, celebrates the birthday of Joe Baker by making their birth certificate available as part of their services, which can be purchased by visiting http://www.bmd-certificates.co.uk/joe_baker.html
This birth certificate is one of a ongoing series commemorating some of the great people who have been born in the UK and gone on to world prominence in their field, and offers an unique glimpse into their life, and are the perfect item for collectors, fans, historians and researchers alike.
All certificates are full and official birth certificates acquired from the relevant General Register Office in the United Kingdom where the birth was originally registered.
Joe Baker (August 17, 1940 -- October 6, 2003) was an English football player.
A centre forward, Baker was born in Liverpool but grew up in Motherwell, Scotland. He began his career with Hibernian, scoring 102 goals in 117 games. He made his England debut in 1959 against Northern Ireland in 1959, which made the first player to be given his debut having never played in England; Baker was famous for his heavy Scottish accent, and was labeled "England's Scottish player". In all he won eight caps for the senior England side.
In 1961 Baker moved to Torino, joining other English players such as Jimmy Greaves and Denis Law. However, despite scoring in a derby match against Juventus, his time at the Italian club was short and almost ended in tragedy; Baker was involved in a serious car crash on February 7, 1962, which nearly killed him and injured Denis Law, who was a passenger.
In July 1962 Baker returned to the UK, joining Billy Wright's Arsenal, where he spent four seasons. In each of those seasons he was the club's top scorer, in all scoring 101 goals in 156 games, making him one of the club's most prolific goal scorers of all time. However, the team's poor form throughout meant Arsenal were unable to challenge for silverware, and Baker left the club in March 1966 for Nottingham Forest.
Despite earning a brief recall to the England side in 1965, scoring in a 2-0 win over Spain, Baker didn't make the squad for the 1966 World Cup. After three years at Forest he moved to Sunderland, then returned to Hibernian for a second time, before seeing out his career at Raith Rovers. He retired in 1974, having in all scored 294 league goals in less than 500 games.
Baker later became Albion Rovers manager on two occasions, but never pursued a full coaching career, instead running a pub and working for Hibernian's hospitality service. He died at the age of 63, after suffering a heart attack during a charity golf tournament.
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