Bill Baker

American ice hockey player (born 1956)

Person Human Q434482

Facts

29 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[7]
Date of birth: November 29, 1956, December 23, 1956^[2]^[4]
Place of birth: Grand Rapids
Country of citizenship: United States^[5]
Occupation: ice hockey player
Educated at: University of Minnesota^[6]
Citizenship: United States
Career plus-minus rating: -29
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Country for sport: United States^[21]
Drafted by: Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers^[15]^[16]
Family name: Baker^[17]
Given name: Bill^[18]
Has works in the collection: National Gallery of Art
Height: 185 cm^[22]
League or competition: National Hockey League (1980–1983)
Mass: 192 lb
Member of sports team: Colorado Rockies, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Number of matches played/races/starts: 143^[20]
Participant in: 1980 Winter Olympics^[19]
Penalty minutes in career: 175
Position played on team / speciality: defenseman^[12]
Shooting handedness: left-handed shot^[13]

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Sport: ice hockey^[14]
Total assists in career: 25
Total goals in career: 7 (1982–1983)
Total points in career: 32
Total shots in career: 145

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 13

American Academy in Rome ID: 12450310
Elite Prospects player ID: 103846
FAST ID: 1604062, 338779
Freebase ID: /m/06g69g
HHOF.com NHL player ID: 11903
Hockey-Reference.com player ID: b/bakerbi01
HockeyDB player ID: 176
NHL.com player ID: 8445212
Olympedia people ID: 83804
Prabook ID: 1757597
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): ba/bill-baker-1
Trading Card Database name ID: 13808

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WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmP8k43qJdxfrCmHrxbh3

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🔗 Connections

Member of sports team 4

Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Colorado Rockies

Drafted by 2

Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

University of Minnesota

Family name 1

Baker

Given name 1

Bill

Has works in the collection 1

National Gallery of Art

Instance of 1

human

Occupation 1

ice hockey player

Participant in 1

1980 Winter Olympics

Place of birth 1

Grand Rapids

Position played on team / speciality 1

defenseman

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

ice hockey

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Summary

Bill Baker's place of birth was Grand Rapids^[1]. He was born on November 29, 1956^[2]. He worked as an ice hockey player^[3].

FAQs

Where was Bill Baker born?

Bill Baker was born in Grand Rapids^[1].

What did Bill Baker do for work?

Bill Baker worked as ice hockey player^[3].

Where did Bill Baker go to school?

Bill Baker was educated at University of Minnesota^[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Bill Baker — place of birth (P19): Grand Rapids. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Bill Baker — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Bill Baker — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Bill Baker — member of sports team (P54): Colorado Rockies. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Bill Baker — member of sports team (P54): New York Rangers. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Bill Baker — member of sports team (P54): St. Louis Blues. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Bill Baker — member of sports team (P54): Montreal Canadiens. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Bill Baker — educated at (P69): University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2021-04-21. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Bill Baker — occupation (P106): ice hockey player. Hockey Reference. Retrieved 2022-05-09. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Bill Baker — position played on team / speciality (P413): defenseman. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Bill Baker — shooting handedness (P423): left-handed shot. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Bill Baker — date of birth (P569): November 29, 1956. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Bill Baker — date of birth (P569): December 23, 1956. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2019-09-19. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Bill Baker — sport (P641): ice hockey. Hockey Reference. Retrieved 2022-05-09. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Bill Baker — drafted by (P647): Montreal Canadiens. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Bill Baker — drafted by (P647): Hartford Whalers. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Bill Baker — family name (P734): Baker. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Bill Baker — given name (P735): Bill. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Bill Baker — participant in (P1344): 1980 Winter Olympics. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Bill Baker — number of matches played/races/starts (P1350): {'amount': '+143'}. Hockey Reference. hockey-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Bill Baker — country for sport (P1532): United States. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Bill Baker — height (P2048): 185 cm. Olympedia. wikidata.org.

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