Ray Baxter

Ray Baxter
Personal information
Full name Ray Baxter
Date of birth (1940-02-24)24 February 1940
Original team(s) Kingsville
Height / weight 188 cm / 79 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958โ€“1964 Footscray 80 (120)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964.

Ray Baxter (born 24 February 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL

Recruited locally, from Kingsville, Baxter was a follower and key position player. He topped Footscray's goal-kicking in the 1959 VFL season, with 35 goals, six of which came in a loss to Essendon at Windy Hill.[1] His efforts were rewarded with selection in that year's Victorian team which played Tasmania.[2] He was the club's leading goal-kicker again in 1960, managing 37 goals, the seventh biggest tally in the league that season.[1] Playing as a centre half-back, Baxter was a member of the Footscray team which won the 1963 Night Premiership.

Darren Baxter, his son, would also play for Footscray.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 AFL Tables: Ray Baxter
  2. โ†‘ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. โ†‘ The Age,"Moore on Salmon", 15 June 1984, p. 28


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