Jimmy Baxter (footballer, born 1925)

Jimmy Baxter

Personal information
Full name	James Cunningham Baxter
Date of birth	(1925-11-08)8 November 1925
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death	May 1994 (aged 68)
Place of death	Barnsley, England
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1946	Dunfermline Athletic	?	(?)
1946–1952	Barnsley	222	(54)
1952–1959	Preston North End	245	(65)
1959–1960	Barnsley	26	(3)
1961–1962	Morecambe	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Cunningham Baxter (8 November 1925 – May 1994) was a Scottish footballer who played for Dunfermline Athletic, Barnsley, Preston North End, and Morecambe. He scored more than 100 Football League goals and was part of the Preston North End team in the 1954 FA Cup Final.

During World War II he was conscripted to work in a coal mine as one of the Bevin Boys. He signed for Preston in July 1952 for £12,000 and made his debut in October in a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur. He scored his first goal for Preston three weeks later as their fifth goal in a 5-2 victory at Portsmouth. By the time he appeared in the 1954 FA Cup Final, he had suffered multiple injuries during his career, including a broken jaw, toe, left hand and two ribs. His last game for Preston was in April 1954 and in May he returned to Barnsley. He later signed for Morecambe, managed by former Preston teammate Joe Dunn.

External links

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