Jim Baxter

James Curran Baxter (29 September 1939 – 14 April 2001) 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. From 1960 to 1967, he was a leading member of a strong Scottish international team that lost only once to England , in 1966, shortly after he recovered from the leg fracture. He thought his best international performance was a 2–1 win against England in 1963, when he scored both goals after Scotland were reduced to 10 players. In the 1967 match against England, who had won the 1966 World Cup , he taunted the opposition by ball juggling while waiting for his teammates to find good positions. Although he was given most of the credit for the 3–2 win, some commentators wish — Wikipedia

Position

FW

Nationality

United Kingdom

Birthplace

Hill of Beath

Born

29 Sept 1939