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Sad news to report: Spurs double winner Peter Baker dies.

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Offline Glenn R

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Sad news to report: Spurs double winner Peter Baker dies.
« on: January 28, 2016, 05:22:17 PM »
Age of 84,  Peter Baker joined Spurs from Enfield as an amateur in 1949 and went on to give 16 years of service to our club.

Baker was part of a full back pairing, with Ron Henry, long side Maurice Norman in Bill Nick's great team of the early 1960s. Peter, Ron and Maurice, between them, missed just two matches of 49 in their glories campaign.

Peter also went on to help Spurs retain the FA Cup, finish third in the league. He also reached the semi-finals of the European Cup the following season. Baker and the others became the first British team to win a European trophy with the 5-1 win over Atletico Madrid in the Cup Winners Cup Final in 1963.

RIP
I’ve lived a life that’s full. I’ve travelled each and every highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, I’ve had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

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Re: Sad news to report: Spurs double winner Peter Baker dies.
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2016, 07:47:24 PM »
Before my time, but I had read about him and seen some old films. Sad. Gone but not forgotten.

Jane x