Hobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker (January 15, 1892 – December 21, 1918) was an American amateur athlete of the early twentieth century. Considered the first American star in ice hockey by the Hockey Hall of Fame, he was also an accomplished American football player. Born into a prominent family from the Philadelphia area, he enrolled at Princeton University in 1910. Baker excelled on the university's hockey and football teams, and became a noted amateur hockey player for the St. Nicholas Hockey Club in New York City. He was a member of three national championship teams, for football in 1911 and hockey in 1912 and 1914, and helped the St. Nicholas Club win a national amateur championship in 1915. Baker graduated from Princeton in 1914 and worked for J.P. Morgan Bank until he enlisted in the United States Army Air Service. During World War I he served with the 103rd and the 13th Aero Squadrons before being promoted to captain and named commander of the 141st Aero Squadron. Baker died in December 1918 after a plane he was test-piloting crashed, hours before he was due to leave France and return to America. More about Hobey Baker
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Baker was widely regarded by his contemporaries as one of the best athletes of his time and is considered one of the best early American hockey players. When the Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1945, Baker was named one of the first nine inductees, the only American among them. In 1973, he became one of the initial inductees in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975, and is the only person to be in both the hockey and college football halls of fame.The most expensive item with a signature of Hobey Baker (2015 Hobey Baker Hat Trick Signed Hockey Poster Jack Eichel, Vesey, McIntyre) was sold in April 2015 for $124.99 while the cheapest item (RYAN MILLER AUTOGRAPHED HOBEY BAKER AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT SPEACH) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was September 2021 with an average selling price of $69.99 for an autographed item of Hobey Baker. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2019 with $80.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2012. In average, an autographed item from Hobey Baker is worth $26.08.
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Cale Makar Official Autographed Puck Blue Ink JSA Certified - Calder/Hobey Baker | $31.50 | ||
Cale Makar Signed Autograph 2019 Hobey Baker Award Puck With Inscription Proof | $80.00 | ||
Cale Makar signed Official Game Puck 2019 Hobey Baker Winner W/ puck cube | $79.00 | ||
DRYDEN McKAY -SIGNED-8X10 PHOTO -TORONTO DRAFT PICK- /HOBEY BAKER INSC. W/COA | $39.99 | ||
Dryden MCKAY Signed 8x10 Photo! Toronto MAPLE LEAFS GOALIE! “Hobey Baker” W/COA | $22.17 | ||
Matt Carle Signed Denver Pioneers Hobey Baker 8x10 Timeless Legends COA | $16.50 | ||
Neal Broten and Jordan Leopold autographed Hobey Baker picture. Very Rare! | $32.50 | ||
North Dakota Fighting Hawks JORDAN KAWAGUCHI Signed 8x10 Photo SIOUX Hobey Baker | $69.99 | ||
North Dakota Fighting Hawks JORDAN KAWAGUCHI Signed 8x10 Photo SIOUX Hobey Baker | $69.99 | ||
North Dakota Fighting Sioux Hockey Tony Hrkac #21 Signed Hobey Baker 1987 Puck | $49.99 |
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Maple Leafs sign Hobey Baker winner McKay (04/25/22): The Maple Leafs have signed Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won this year's Hobey Baker Award.
Dryden McKay, reigning Hobey Baker Award winner, banned for six months due to do (04/19/22): The former Minnesota State goaltender accepted the ban, which began on April 14
Hobey Baker winner banned for doping violation (04/18/22): Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won the Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA's top player, has accepted a six-month ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation, while he gauges his professional prospects.
Minnesota State goalie McKay wins Hobey Baker (04/2022): Dryden McKay set NCAA records with 37 wins and 34 shutouts this season for a Mavericks team that finished 38-4.
PHT Morning Skate: Top-10 Hobey Baker finalists; trades by Cup champions (03/2022): Thursday's collection of links.
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Minnesota Duluth's Perunovich wins Hobey Baker (04/2020): Minnesota Duluth junior defenseman Scott Perunovich won the 2020 Hobey Baker Award on Saturday as the nation's top NCAA men's ice hockey player.