Photograph by Neal Barr

"In an era when the celebrated college athlete is turning into a special kind of mercenary, living and competing in a culture apart from that of the ordinary undergraduate, it is fitting that Baker, a throwback to an epoch in which the likes of Barry Wood and Byron (Whizzer) White inspired the undergraduates at Harvard and Colorado, should emerge from a bucolic campus deep in the forests of the Northwest, where the simple verities of small-town American life are still held in high esteem."

Text by Alfred Wright
Issue Date: January 7, 1963

Oregon State quarterback Terry Baker won countless awards in 1962, including the Heisman Trophy and the AP, UPI, and Sporting News Player of the Year awards. A first-team All-America selection, Baker led the nation in individual offense with 2276 total yards and 15 touchdowns. Also a point guard on the Oregon State basketball team, Baker's 10.7 points per game helped the Beavers finish the regular season 24-5 and then go on to the NCAA tournament semifinals.