C. David Baker
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| C. David Baker | |
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| Commissioner of the Arena Football League |
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| In office November, 1996 – July, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Drucker |
| Succeeded by | Ed Policy |
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| Born | C. David Baker |
| Alma mater | University of California, Irvine |
David Baker was the fourth commissioner of the Arena Football League. He started in the league as the owner of the Anaheim Piranhas, which he left after a single season of owning the team to become commissioner.[1] One of his more imposing features is his size - 6 feet 9 and-a-half inches tall and 400 pounds.[2] He was a power forward at UC-Irvine from 1971–75 and played two seasons of professional basketball in Europe. Later, Baker attended Pepperdine University School of Law where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He was a City Councilman of Irvine, California.[3] Baker resigned as Arena Football League Commissioner at ArenaBowl XXII, on July 25, 2008 after 11.5 years as commissioner of the AFL.[4]
On January 2, 2014, he was announced as the Executive Director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.[5]
Personal
His son is Ben Baker, a NASCAR executive in Charlotte, NC. His other son is Sam Baker of the Atlanta Falcons.
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