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Jim Baxter
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- September 29, 1939 celebration
- April 14, 2001 deceased
- 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. | Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (born 1939)
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- Rangers F.C.
flag Joined : 1969
sports_score Ended : 1970
play_circle Matches : 14
sports_and_outdoors Goals : 1
- Nottingham Forest F.C.
flag Joined : 1967
sports_score Ended : 1969
play_circle Matches : 48
sports_and_outdoors Goals : 3
- Vancouver Royals
flag Joined : 1967
sports_score Ended : 1967
play_circle Matches : 12
sports_and_outdoors Goals : 2
- Sunderland A.F.C.
flag Joined : 1965
sports_score Ended : 1967
play_circle Matches : 87
sports_and_outdoors Goals : 10
- Scotland men''s national football team
flag Joined : 1960
sports_score Ended : 1967
play_circle Matches : 34
sports_and_outdoors Goals : 3
- Raith Rovers F.C.
flag Joined : 1957
sports_score Ended : 1960
play_circle Matches : 62
sports_and_outdoors Goals : 3