Jimmy Baxter
Personal information
Full name James Cunningham Baxter[1]
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[2]
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.[3]

References

  1. "Jimmy Baxter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. Hill, Mike (2007). Preston North End: 1954 FA Cup Final. At Heart. p. 37. ISBN 9781845471712. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. Bland, Lawrence; Quinn, Derek (2004). The Light at the End of the Tunnel – a Potted History of Morecambe Football Club. Accrington: Mercer Print. p. 16. ISBN 0-9546251-2-9.
  • Jimmy Baxter at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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