Ralph "Moon" Baker (June 28, 1902 – August 3, 1977) was an American football halfback in college. He was the team captain of the Northwestern University football team, leading them to the Big Ten championship in 1926. Baker was an All-American along with teammate Bob Johnson. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
Baker, a native of Rockford, Illinois, played one year at Illinois (alongside Red Grange) before transferring to Northwestern. He played both football and basketball for three years. After years as the conference doormat, the football team rallied behind Baker's "triple threat" abilities to a second-place finish in 1925 and the conference title in 1926.
He once said his greatest thrill was the day he kicked two field goals against Notre Dame. "The Four Horsemen were playing for them then, you know," he said. The sophomore drop-kicked field goals of 34 and 36 yards in the 1924 game at Soldier Field in Chicago to give his upstart Wildcats the lead. However, the Irish rallied to win the game 13-6. Baker's school record of seven field goals in one season stood until the 1960s.
His nickname source, was revealed in a 1977 interview. "Do you remember Moon Mullins?" referring to the famous comic strip. "Well, I knew Frank Willard, the cartoonist. Every day I used to grab the [Chicago Tribune] in the fraternity house, and I read the cartoon before I looked at sports or anything else."
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