Ralph "Moon" Baker (Football, 1924-26)
Known to many alums as "Mr. Wildcat," Baker was the captain of the football team, and he possessed triple-threat skills (running, passing and kicking) that spearheaded NU's emergence as a Big Ten contender in 1924 when the school earned the nickname "Wildcats."
Baker earned his nickname, "Moon," due to his penchant for reading the comic strip Moon Mullins. He received All-American honors in 1926, and he was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
