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Lyle Baker

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

Sports Writing

Lyle Baker Mississippi Hall of Fame Inductee

Lyle Baker Stats, Bio

Born: May 30, 1926

Hometown: Staten Island, NY

Year Induction: 2004

Deceased : April 22, 2003

College Career

Erskine College, Due West, SC

Millsaps College, Jackson, MS (1948-1951)

Sportswriting Career

Jackson Daily News, Jackson Clarion-Ledger (1948, 1950-1951, 1958-1998)

Alton Illinois Telegraph (1951-1955)

Jackson State Times (1955-1958)

Jackson Clarion Ledger (1980’s-1998)

Sports Editor, Millsaps Purple & White (1948)

Sports Information Director, Millsaps College (1950-1951)

Author Famed “Baker’s Dozen” column begun in 1950’s

Sports Editor Jackson Daily News (1958-1980s)

National Director of National Basketball Writers

Vice President of National Track & Field Writers

Five-time Mississippi Sportswriter of the Year

Hall of Fame Inductions

Mississippi Association of Coaches Hall of Fame (1979)

Charter Member, Mississippi Sportswriter Association Hall of Fame (1980)

Did You Know?

Lee Baker was the first member of the mainstream Mississippi media to cover predominantly black colleges and high schools in the state and the first beat writer to cover the New Orleans Saints for Jackson newspaper.

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