Baker who was the first player outwith the Football League to be capped for England, has died. Although he was born in Liverpool, he was brought up in Wishaw, in Lanarkshire. A quirk of fate that was to cost him a Scotland Cap. Scotlands loss was Englands gain however.

Hibs were his first senior club, the centre-forward arriving from East Junior side Armadale Thistle.

It was while with the Edinburgh club that he won the first of his eight England caps, scoring in a 2-1 win over Northern Ireland at Wembley. He made his final international appearance in 1966, by which time he had moved to Arsenal via Torino.

Baker, whose brother Gerry played for the USA, went on to play for Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Hibs again then Raith Rovers.

His 42 goals in his first spell at Easter Road remains a record for a single season with Hibs.