Winford Eason "Winnie" Baze (July 14, 1914 – December 30, 2006) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

back The human back, also called the dorsum, is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck. It is the surface of the body opposite from the chest and the abdomen. The vertebral column run ...

who played one season with the

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...

of the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

. He first enrolled at Schreiner Institute before transferring to

Texas Technological College Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sy ...

. He attended

Robert Lee High School Robert Lee High School is a public high school located in Robert Lee, Texas ( USA) and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. It is part of the Robert Lee Independent School District located in northwestern Coke County. In 2015, the school was ...

Robert Lee, Texas Robert Lee is a city in and the county seat of Coke County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,049 at the 2010 census. The founders named the city after Robert E. Lee who is thought to have set up camp for a time near the current ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baze, Winnie 1914 births 2006 deaths Players of American football from Texas American football running backs American football defensive backs Schreiner Mountaineers football players Texas Tech Red Raiders football players Philadelphia Eagles players People from Coke County, Texas