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William Alexander Baxter (23 April 1939 – 25 May 2009) was a Scottish professional footballer.

A native of Edinburgh, Baxter was signed by Alf Ramsey and joined Ipswich Town from Scottish amateur side Broxburn Athletic in 1960.[2] When he signed for the club he was stationed at Aldershot during his national service with the Royal Engineers. He made his debut in 1960, in a Christmas fixture against Ipswich's local rivals Norwich City.[3]

He 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. This was an unfortunate end to a fine career with Ipswich as Baxter, who had played initially as a wing-half and later as a centre back was a consistent and loyal member of the squad for many years.[4]

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.

Baxter quit football returning to Scotland where he worked as an engineer for British Telecom.[5]

In his later years, Baxter had cancer. He had a leg amputated some time before his death, and succumbed to the disease at a Dunfermline hospital on 25 May 2009, aged 70.

Honours

Ipswich Town

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Billy Baxter". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ^ Eastwood, John; Moyse, Tony (1986). The men who made the town (First ed.). Pentlow, UK: Almeida Books. p. 120.
  3. ^ Murphy, Alex. "Biily Baxter (Obituary)". The Independent. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ^ Eastwood, John; Moyse, Tony (1986). The men who made the town (First ed.). Pentlow, UK: Almeida Books. p. 148.
  5. ^ King, Elvin. "Town legend Billy Baxter dies at 70". East Anglian Daily Times. Archant. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Four Town players in Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2014.[permanent dead link]

External links

  • Bill Baxter at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database


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