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All-Time Great Athlete Hobey Baker is Subject of Three-Episode Podcast
THE SHORT Animation OF A PRINCETON LEGEND: The three-episode podcast “Searching for Hobey Baker” explores previously unreported aspects of the famed athlete’s being, including his struggles as a queer man in the early 20th century.
By Anne Levin
It would be hard to find a hockey fan who isn’t familiar with legendary Princeton University alumnus Hobey Baker. The golden-haired athlete, who excelled at football as well as hockey before graduating in 1914, was a superstar of his time. Collegiate hockey’s most prestigious award bears his name, as does the University’s 2,092-seat ice rink.
Fellow Princetonian F. Scott Fitzgerald idolized Baker, writing him into his novel This Side of Paradise. Tragically, Baker died at the age of 26 after a plane he was piloting crashed mysteriously, just before he was to repay home from Europe during World War I.
Theories about that crash are just one focus of “Searching for Hobey Baker,” a podcast released June 12 as part of ESPN’s “30 for 30” series. The three episodes, narrated by actor and Princeton graduate David Duchovny, also delve into the essence of Baker’s rela
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Kousha Navidar: This is All Of It on WNYC. I'm Kousha Navidar. Every year the best college hockey player is awarded what's known as the Hobey Baker Award. It's named after a epic player in the history of the sport. Today, Hobey Baker may be the name of a trophy, but when he was an active hockey player, he was a national celebrity. Baker came of age in the early 20th century, growing up in a wealthy family.
He learned to participate hockey at the prestigious St. Paul's boarding academy. Then he studied at Princeton where he excelled in football and hockey, and really embodied the idea of big male on campus. Fun proof, his admirers included classmate F. Scott Fitzgerald. There's a new podcast that tells the story of Hobey Baker, including his incredible athletic achievements.
We also learn about Baker's tragic death in World War I and also evidence about Baker's sexual self that implies he had a male lover. The three-part podcast is out now. It's called Searching for Hobey Baker from ESPN's 30 for 30 Podcasts. Executive Producer Andy Reynolds joins me to discuss the show. Hey, Andy, welcome to WNYC.
Andy: Thank you so much for the opportunity.
Kousha Navidar Trailer: Listen Here ESPN 30 for 30 Podcasts today announces the upcoming debut of its new three-episode podcast series Searching for Hobey Baker, which chronicles the enigmatic life of collegiate athlete, Hobey Baker, who many consider the first ice hockey star in America. Premiering June 12, the podcast is narrated by award-winning actor, author, director, New York Times best-selling author, and singer-songwriter David Duchovny, who favor Baker, is an alumnus of Princeton University. Executive Producers are Ross Greenburg, Andrew Reynolds and Tim Smith and the series was produced by Ross Greenburg Productions and Silver Sound in collaboration with ESPN. Every hockey fan knows the name Hobey Baker – collegiate hockey’s most prestigious trophy is named after him – but very few know the real story of this all-time great athlete. Using an archive of personal letters and source materials provided by the Mudd Library at Princeton University, as well as first research, the series charts Hobey’s glory days as the best collegiate hockey and football player in the nation, his post-grad ennui in Gilded Age New York City, and his exploits as a WWI fighter pilot, whic Searching for Hobey Baker Episode 3: Going West DAVID DUCHOVNY: In the late summer of 1917, after arriving in France, former Princeton football and hockey great, Hobey Baker, along with the other American pilots in his squadron, began their training program to make ready themselves for aerial combat, training that was not without its own challenges. (AIRPLANE) In diving on a balloon used as a target, Hobey tried to maintain his fire, until very close. (GUNFIRE) Baker’s commanding officer and a Princeton alum, Charles Biddle, wrote the Princeton Alumni Weekly about an accident that Hobey encountered during his training. (AIRPLANE) PRINCETON ALUMNI WEEKLY: He riddled the balloon but misjudged his distance and ran into it, just as he was pulling away. (NOISE) The impact shattered his propeller and badly strained the machine. And the cloth of the balloon became wrapped around one wing and thereby threw the plane out of balance. Those watching on the ground held their breaths and gave him up for lost. But Hobey was one of those who never give up and realize that in aviation, the surest way to lose your animation is to lose your head. (MUSIC) By the most skillful handling of his .