Baker joined Tottenham Hotspur from
non-League club
Enfield in October 1952. After a slow start at Spurs he gained a place in the first team and quickly improved and went on to play a key role in the Spurs
Double-winning side of 1960–61. He stayed with them until the end of the
1964-65 season, keeping a regular place in the team from the 1960–61 season until the end of the
1963-64 season, when he was replaced by
Cyril Knowles. After leaving
White Hart Lane Baker emigrated to South Africa, where he joined
Durban United and later became the club's manager. ==Post-football career==