Arthur George Baxter (28 December 1911 – 5 September 1944) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Scottish Football League for Falkirk and Dundee and in the Football League for Barnsley.[1][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur George Baxter[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1911[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 5 September 1944 (aged 32)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Rimini, Fascist Italy[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932 | Dundee North End | ||
| 1933–1934 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
| 1934–1936 | Falkirk | 41 | (10) |
| 1936–1939 | Dundee | 103 | (45) |
| 1938–1939 | Barnsley | 6 | (3) |
| Total | 184 | (62) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editBaxter served as a private in the London Scottish of the Gordon Highlanders during the Second World War.[2] He was killed during the Battle of Rimini on 5 September 1944 and was buried at the Gradara War Cemetery.[2][3]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Falkirk | 1934–35 | Scottish Division One[5] | 28 | 9 | 1 | — | 29 | 9 |
| 1935–36 | Scottish Division Two[5] | 12 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Falkirk career total | 40 | 10 | 1 | – | 41 | 10 | ||
| Dundee | 1935–36 | Scottish Division One[5] | 8 | 4 | — | 8 | 4 | |
| 1936–37 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 13 | ||
| 1937–38 | 38 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 24 | ||
| 1938–39 | Scottish Division Two[5] | 14 | 4 | — | 14 | 4 | ||
| Dundee career total | 98 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 103 | 45 | ||
| Barnsley | 1938–39 | Third Division North[1] | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Dundee United | 1939–40 | Eastern Regional[4] | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| Aberdeen | 1941–42 | North Eastern League[6] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career total | 171 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 184 | 62 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Arthur Baxter at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Arthur Baxter". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ a b Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
- ^ a b "Arthur Baxter Player Profile". ArabArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "Arthur Baxter". AFCHeritage. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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