Selwyn James Baker (9 April 1911 – 16 September 1996) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

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and Collingwood in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Baker played his early football at Scotch College and for Kew. He spent the 1930 season with the

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seconds and was a joint winner of that year's Gardiner Medal. Having not made any senior appearance while at Richmond, Baker made his league debut in 1931, with North Melbourne. A rover, he was their third leading goal-kicker in 1932 with 27 goals and was a VFL interstate representative in 1933. He changed clubs during the

1934 VFL season The 1934 VFL season was the 38th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 5 May to 13 October, comprising an 18-matc ...

, joining Collingwood, the club his elder brothers Ted and Reg had previously played for. His stint at Collingwood was short and his appearance in round 17 was the only senior game he would play for them. Baker, who was also a professional runner, spent some time with the

Brighton Football Club The Brighton Football Club, nicknamed the Penguins, was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, Victoria, Brighton. The club was a founding member of the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Metropolitan ...

later in the decade.'' The Argus'
"Brighton Injuries"
17 May 1939, p. 26

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Selwyn 1911 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players Brighton Football Club players Kew Football Club players People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne 1996 deaths 20th-century Australian sportsmen