John Baker
Defensive tackle, American football player
1935 – 2007
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Who was John Baker?
John Haywood Baker, Jr., nicknamed "Big John," was an American defensive lineman in the National Football League who played for four teams from 1958 to 1968.
He later served as sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina from 1978 to 2002, becoming the first African-American sheriff in North Carolina since the Reconstruction era.
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1935
Raleigh - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- North Carolina Central University
- Died
- Oct 31, 2007
Raleigh
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on July 23, 2013
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