:Neil Baker

{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}

{{for|the British artist|Neil Lawson Baker}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

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|name = Neil Baker

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|06|08|df=y}}{{cite web|title=Neil Baker|url=http://thebulldogs.com.au/sportal.php?page=player&id=444|publisher=Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Rugby League Club|access-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418145204/http://thebulldogs.com.au/sportal.php?page=player&id=444|archive-date=18 April 2020}}

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|position = {{rlp|FB|FE}}

|club1 = {{nowrap|Canterbury-Bankstown}}

|year1start = 1981

|year1end = 83

|appearances1 = 25

|tries1 = 7

|goals1 = 4

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 33

|club2 = South Sydney

|year2start = 1984

|year2end = 87

|appearances2 = 87

|tries2 = 15

|goals2 = 206

|fieldgoals2 = 31

|points2 = 503

|club3 = Salford

|year3start = 1985

|year3end = 86

|appearances3 = 19

|tries3 = 11

|goals3 = 11

|fieldgoals3 = 7

|points3 = 73

|club4 = Penrith

|year4start = 1988

|year4end = 89

|appearances4 = 41

|tries4 = 7

|goals4 = 115

|fieldgoals4 = 14

|points4 = 272

|retired = yes

|source = {{cite web|title=Neil Baker|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/neil-baker/summary.html|website=Rugby League Project|publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates|access-date=1 August 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Platt|first1=Darrell|title=A History of Salford Rugby League Club|year=1991|publisher=Salford Rugby League Club}}

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Neil Baker (born 8 June 1960) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. Baker played mostly at {{rlp|fb}} and {{rlp|fe}} for Canterbury, Salford, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Penrith. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (1995 edition) {{ISBN|1875169571}}

Neil Baker played three seasons at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs between 1981-1983. He also was a useful goal-kicker, top scoring for South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1984, 1985 and 1986. In 1985 he won the Dally M award for best {{rlp|fe}} of the season. Baker had a cult following at South Sydney, with fans calling him "Bionic Baker", and making banners with his name on them to wave at matches. He finished his Sydney career at the Penrith Panthers between 1988-1989. In 1992, Baker captain-coached Newcastle Western Suburbs to win the Clayton Cup.{{cite journal |title=Clayton Cup |journal=Country Rugby League Annual Report |issue=1992 |location=Sydney |publisher=N.S.W. Country Rugby League }}