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Jim Baxter

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Scottish footballer (1939-2001)

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James Curran Baxter was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half. He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players.

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Rangers F.C.1969-1970
Nottingham Forest F.C.1967-1969
Vancouver Royals1967-1967
Sunderland A.F.C.1965-1967
Rangers F.C.1960-1965
Scotland men's national football team1960-1967
Raith Rovers F.C.1957-1960

Career record

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1969-1970141
1967-1969483
1967-1967122
1965-19678710
1960-196513618
1960-1967343
1957-1960623

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James Curran Baxter was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half. He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players. He was born, educated and started his career in Fife, but his peak playing years were in the early 1960s with the Glasgow club Rangers, whom he helped to win ten trophies between 1960 and 1965, and where he became known as "Slim Jim". However, he started drinking heavily during a four-month layoff caused by a leg fracture in December 1964, his fitness suffered, and he was transferred to Sunderland in summer 1965. In two and a half years at Sunderland he played 98 games and scored 12 goals, becoming known for drinking himself unconscious the night before a match and playing well the next day. At the end of 1967 Sunderland transferred him to Nottingham Forest, who gave him a free transfer back to Rangers in 1969 after 50 games. After a further year with Rangers Baxter retired from football in 1970, at the age of 31.

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United Kingdom
Category
Footballers
Type
Football / Soccer Player
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2001 · aged 61
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