# Chuck Baer
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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1905–1987)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Chuck Baer
| image = Chuck Baer.png
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|9|24}}
| birth_place = [Montana](/source/Montana), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|5|31|1905|9|24}}
| death_place = [Pontiac, Michigan](/source/Pontiac%2C_Michigan), U.S.
| player_years1 = 1927–1928
| player_team1 = [Illinois](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football)
| player_positions = [Guard](/source/Guard_(gridiron_football))
| coach_years1 = 1929–1930
| coach_team1 = Emerson Jr. HS (IA)
| coach_years2 = 1931–1940
| coach_team2 = [Lew Wallace HS (IA)](/source/Lew_Wallace_High_School)
| coach_years3 = 1941–1944
| coach_team3 = [Illinois](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football) (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1945–1950
| coach_team4 = [Detroit](/source/Detroit_Titans_football)
| overall_record = 35–21–1 (college)
93–26 (high school)
| bowl_record =
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| coaching_records =
}}
'''Charles E. Baer''' (September 24, 1905 – May 31, 1987) was an American [football](/source/American_football) coach. He served as the head football coach at the [University of Detroit Mercy](/source/University_of_Detroit_Mercy) for six seasons, from 1945 until 1950. His coaching record at Detroit was 35–21–1.[{{Cite web
|last=DeLassus
|first=David
|title=Detroit Coaching Records
|publisher=[College Football Data Warehouse](/source/College_Football_Data_Warehouse)
|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/d/detroit/coaching_records.php
|accessdate=November 29, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213213512/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/d/detroit/coaching_records.php
|archivedate=December 13, 2010
}}] Baer is a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/26|title=BAER, SR., CHARLES e. | Indiana Football Hall of Fame}}]
Baer was captain of his high school football team in [Streator, Illinois](/source/Streator%2C_Illinois), from which he graduated in 1923. He played [college football](/source/college_football) at the [University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign) as a [guard](/source/Guard_(gridiron_football)). The team won a [Big Ten Conference](/source/Big_Ten_Conference) title in 1927.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/26|title=BAER, SR., CHARLES E. {{!}} Indiana Football Hall of Fame|website=www.indiana-football.org|access-date=April 28, 2017}}]
==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [Detroit Titans](/source/Detroit_Titans_football)
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1945
| endyear = 1948
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1945](/source/1945_college_football_season)
| name = [Detroit](/source/1945_Detroit_Titans_football_team)
| overall = 6–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1946](/source/1946_college_football_season)
| name = [Detroit](/source/1946_Detroit_Titans_football_team)
| overall = 6–4
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1947](/source/1947_college_football_season)
| name = [Detroit](/source/1947_Detroit_Titans_football_team)
| overall = 6–4
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1948](/source/1948_college_football_season)
| name = [Detroit](/source/1948_Detroit_Titans_football_team)
| overall = 6–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [Detroit Titans](/source/Detroit_Titans_football)
| conf = [Missouri Valley Conference](/source/Missouri_Valley_Conference)
| startyear = 1949
| endyear = 1950
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [1949](/source/1949_college_football_season)
| name = [Detroit](/source/1949_Detroit_Titans_football_team)
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1950](/source/1950_college_football_season)
| name = [Detroit](/source/1950_Detroit_Titans_football_team)
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 2–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Detroit
| overall = 35–21–1
| confrecord = 6–1–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 35–21–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Detroit Titans football coach navbox}}
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Category:1905 births
Category:1987 deaths
Category:American football guards
Category:Detroit Titans football coaches
Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football coaches
Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football players
Category:High school football coaches in Iowa
Category:Sportspeople from Streator, Illinois
Category:Players of American football from Illinois
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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