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Hobey Baker (January 15, 1892 - December 21,
1918), more fully Hobart Amory Hare Baker, was a
noted sportsman.

Born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Prior to
entering Princeton in 1910 Baker attended the St.
Paul's School (U.S.)|St. Paul's School, Concord,
New Hampshire where Malcom Gordon was coach.   He
attended Princeton University as a member of the
class of 1914, was elected to the Ivy Club, and
played baseball, football and hockey. Hobey Baker
was the first great American hockey player. He
worked at J. P. Morgan Bank and played amateur
hockey with the St. Nicholas Club in New York, New
York|New York City in 1915-1917. On America's
entry into World War I, he enlisted, left for
Europe in 1917, and by 1918 was a member of the
Lafayette Escadrille (103rd Aero Squadron) and was
awarded the Croix de Guerre.  Hobey was an ace
fighter pilot in World War I, leading a squad
known as the "Flying Tigers." Having received his
orders to return home, he took one final flight
test piloting a Spad at the end of the war, dying
when it crashed. 

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award is given annually
to the top American college hockey player, and
Princeton's Hobart Baker Memorial Rink is named
for him. He is referred to twice in the novel This
Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The
character of Allenby is based on Hobey, and the
lead character is named Amory in tribute to Hobey.
He was inducted into the National Football Hall of
Fame and in 1973, he was inducted into the United
States Hockey Hall of Fame.

==Biography==
*The Legend of Hobey Baker - John Davis

==See also==
* List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
* List of members of the United States Hockey Hall
of Fame
* List of retired NHL players