Hall of Fame Hockey Player, College Football Player. Outstanding college hockey player and college football player for Princeton University from 1910 to 1914. The Hobey Baker Award is given out to the top collegiate hockey player in the U.S. Baker joined the Lafayette Escadrille (103rd Aero Squadron) during World War I (WWI) and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He was killed in a plane crash just prior to his scheduled home coming. In 1921, Princeton University named their ice hockey arena the "Hobey Baker Memorial Rink." Considered to be the first American star in ice hockey, he was posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945 as one of the first nine inductees and the first American honored. In 1973, he was posthumously inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1975, Baker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In 2010, Baker was posthumously inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame Hockey Player, College Football Player. Outstanding college hockey player and college football player for Princeton University from 1910 to 1914. The Hobey Baker Award is given out to the top collegiate hockey player in the U.S. Baker joined the Lafayette Escadrille (103rd Aero Squadron) during World War I (WWI) and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He was killed in a plane crash just prior to his scheduled home coming. In 1921, Princeton University named their ice hockey arena the "Hobey Baker Memorial Rink." Considered to be the first American star in ice hockey, he was posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945 as one of the first nine inductees and the first American honored. In 1973, he was posthumously inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1975, Baker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In 2010, Baker was posthumously inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
Bio by: J. Wilson
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Captain 141 Aero Squadron A.E.F.
Died at Toul, France Dec. 21 1918
Aged 26 years
You who seemed winged even as a lad
With that swift look of those who know the sky
It was no blundering fate that stooped and bade
You break your wings and fall to earth and die
I think some day you may have flown too high
So that immortals saw you and were glad
Watching the beauty of your spirits flame
Until they loved and called you, and you came.
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