Fact sheet

Ralph "Moon" Baker

• b. June 28, 1902, Rochelle, Illinois
  
• d. August 3, 1977, Portland, Oregon
  
• Buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon
  
• m. Yvonne, 1941
  
• Attended Rockford (Ill.) High, lettering in football, basketball and track; graduated in 1922
  
• Attended Univ. of Illinois for one year before transferring to Northwestern
  
• Two-time MVP of Northwestern's football team; also played basketball
  
• All-American, 1926
  
• Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
  
• U.S. Army (WW II)
  
• Elks Club
  
• College Football Hall of Fame, 1981