CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Fame President David Baker has introduced his retirement.
Baker, 68, had served within the position of president and government director since January 2014. Jim Porter, 57, the Hall’s chief advertising and communications officer since April 2020, has been named president and can oversee all every day enterprise operations.
Baker will proceed to characterize the Hall of Fame at Ring of Excellence ceremonies honoring members of the 2020 and 2021 lessons at NFL stadiums for the rest of the presentation schedule.
“As I approach the end of nearly eight years of service to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, I have come to the conclusion that it is time for someone else to have the best job in the world so I can still do a few more exciting things in my professional life,“ Baker said Saturday in a statement.
Baker plans to return home to Orange County, California, to be with family and pursue business projects there and in Nevada.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Baker’s “mission to honor and support the heroes of the game will be one of his most lasting and important legacies.”
Baker’s legacy additionally consists of the introduction of “The Knock” as the best way of informing eligible Hall of Fame candidates they’ve been elected. He’d rap on the doorways of the lodge rooms the place candidates had been sequestered after which break the news when the doorways opened.
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