Ray Baer

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Raymond T. Baer (May 7, 1905 – January 19, 1968) was an American football player and coach from Louisville, Kentucky. He played as a guard and tackle for the University of Michigan from 1924 to 1927. In 1927 he started all eight games at right guard and earned first-team All-Big Ten honors from the AP and second-team All-American recognition (also named a second-team All-American by the UP). He also played in the East–West Shrine Game.

Baer starred at Manual High School in Louisville, where he was an all-state football player and excelled in basketball and track. After college, he coached at Manual High School and later at St. Xavier High School in Louisville from 1946 to 1951, leading Manual to a national high school championship in 1938. He also served as director of the Jefferson County parks and recreation department.

Baer was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Louisville Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. He died in Louisville in 1968. His wife Blema Baer died in 2013. His nephew Neal Baer became a television producer known for Law and Order and other series.