Harald Baker

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Harald Baker | image = | birth_name = Harald William Baker<ref name="scrum" >{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/2512.html|title=Scrum.com player profile of Harald Baker|publisher=Scrum.com|accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1882|9|29|df=y}}<ref name="scrum" /> | birth_place = Paddington, New South Wales<ref name="scrum" /> | death_date= {{death date and age|1962|10|17|1882|9|29|df=y}}<ref name="scrum" /> | death_place= | height = | weight = | nickname = | occupation = | school = | university = | spouse = | children = | relatives = Snowy Baker | ru_currentposition = | ru_currentteam = | ru_position = flanker<ref name="scrum" /> | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | ru_provinceyears1 = | ru_province1 = | ru_provinceapps1 = | ru_provincepoints1 = | repyears1 = 1914<ref name="scrum" /> | repteam1 = Wallabies | repcaps1 = 3<ref name="scrum" /> | reppoints1 = 0<ref name="scrum" /> | website = }} '''Harald William Baker''' (29 September 1882 – 17 October 1962) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Baker, a flanker, was born in Paddington, New South Wales and claimed three international rugby caps for Australia. He was the brother of the multi-talented Australian sporting star Snowy Baker.<ref>Howell p98</ref>

Baker and Jimmy Clarken are remembered for their heroic rescues in the Coogee surf disaster of 28 January 1911.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164298440 |title=Coogee Surf Tragedy: Four Lives Lost |newspaper=The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser |volume=XCI |issue=2569 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 February 1911 |access-date=16 June 2022 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In this context his name is often found misspelled as "Har<u>o</u>ld Baker".

==References== *Howell, Max (2005) ''Born to Lead – Wallaby Test Captains'', Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ {{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Harald}} Category:Australian rugby union players Category:Australia international rugby union players Category:1882 births Category:1962 deaths Category:Rugby union flankers Category:Rugby union players from Sydney Category:New South Wales rugby union team players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen