Martin Bakes

Martin Bakes
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-02-08)8 February 1937
Place of birth Bradford, England
Date of death 26 July 2025(2025-07-26) (aged 88)
Place of death Scunthorpe, England
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
–1953 Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1959 Bradford City 72 (7)
1959–1963 Scunthorpe United 77 (5)
Total 149 (12)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Bakes (8 February 1937 – 26 July 2025) was an English professional footballer who played as a left winger. Bakes made a total of 149 appearances in the English Football League between 1953 and 1963, scoring 12 goals.

Career

Born in Bradford, Bakes began his career in the youth team of Bradford City, before making his professional debut in the 1953–1954 season. Bakes later played for Scunthorpe United, before retiring in 1963.[1][2]

Death

Bakes died on 26 July 2025, at the age of 88.[3]

References

  1. ^ Martin Bakes at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. ^ Martin Bakes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Former Bradford City winger Bakes has died". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 12 August 2025.
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