Billy Baxter (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Alexander Baxter | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 25 May 2009 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Right Half / Central Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Broxburn Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1960–1971 | Ipswich Town | 409 | (21) |
| 1971–1972 | Hull City | 21 | (0) |
| 1972 | → Watford (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 1972–1973 | Northampton Town | 41 | (4) |
| Total | 482 | (25) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1972–1973 | Northampton Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
William Alexander "Billy" Baxter (23 April 1939 – 25 May 2009) was a Scottish professional footballer.
A native of Edinburgh, Baxter joined Ipswich Town from Scottish amateur side Broxburn Athletic in 1960, and was a regular in the Ipswich team than won the old Division 2 Championship in 1960-61 and Division 1 Championship in 1961-62. He later captained the team to the old Division 2 Championship in 1967-68. In total, Baxter played 459 games for Ipswich during an 11-year stay at Portman Road. However, after a falling-out with manager Bobby Robson, he was sold to Hull City in March 1971.
After two largely unsuccessful seasons at Hull, Baxter became player-manager of Northampton Town in 1972, lasting one year in the job. He subsequently joined non-league Nuneaton Borough.
In his later years, Baxter battled cancer. He had a leg amputated sometime before his death, and succumbed to the disease at a Dunfermline hospital on 25 May 2009, aged 70.[1]
References
- ↑ "Championship Winner Baxter Dies". TWTD. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
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