23 Facts About Terry Baker

Terry Wayne Baker was born on May 5,1941 and is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.

Terry Baker played college football and basketball at Oregon State University, where he was a member and president of Phi Delta Theta.

Terry Baker was the first overall pick in the 1963 NFL draft and played with the Los Angeles Rams from 1963 to 1965.

Terry Baker then played for one season in the CFL with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1967.

Terry Baker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

Terry Baker was born May 5,1941, in Pine River, Minnesota, and raised in Portland, Oregon.

Terry Baker attended Jefferson High School, where he was a standout three-sport athlete.

Terry Baker was a three-year letter winner in basketball, and led the Democrats to the Portland Interscholastic League city championship his senior year.

Terry Baker was a great baseball player; he lettered all four years and led Jefferson to the 1959 state championship.

Terry Baker played point guard on the Oregon State basketball team, and quarterback in football, but was a halfback as a sophomore in 1960.

Terry Baker threw for 3,476 yards and 23 touchdowns and rushing for 1503 yards and 15 touchdowns, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1963.

On November 27,1962, Terry Baker won the Heisman Trophy for his achievements during the 1962 season.

Terry Baker was the first player from a school west of Texas to win the award.

Terry Baker was the first overall pick in the 1963 NFL draft, taken by the Los Angeles Rams.

When Terry Baker arrived in camp, he dazzled in the presentation of calling out signals and handing the ball out while doing soft throws for warm-up lobs.

Terry Baker was converted to running back by the Rams in 1964.

Terry Baker scored his only touchdowns in his final season of 1965.

Terry Baker scored his last touchdown on October 17,1965, rushing the ball one yard in his only carry against the San Francisco 49ers in a loss.

In total, Terry Baker rushed 58 times for 210 yards in his career with thirty catches for 302 yards in three seasons with the Rams as quarterback-turned-halfback-turned-receiver before he was released in the summer of 1966.

Terry Baker went to the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, while earning a JD at the University of Southern California Law School, studying at night during football season and full-time in the offseason.

Terry Baker was a backup QB and running back with Eskimos but played sparingly.

Terry Baker would then return to Portland, where he was a founding partner at the law firm Tonkon Torp.

Terry Baker was inducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.