James Curran Baxter, (September 29, 1939 – April 14, 2001), was a Scottish football player. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Born in Hill of Beath, Fife, he started his career at Raith Rovers before moving to Rangers for a Scottish record transfer fee £17,500 aged 20 in 1960. Hill of Beath ( Hill o Beath in Scots) is a village in Fife, Scotland near to Cowdenbeath. Fife ( Gaelic: Fìobha) is a Council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He spent five years at Rangers before moving to Sunderland Two years later, in 1967, he joined Nottingham Forest However by this time he was becoming more known for his off-field antics. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham He briefly returned to Rangers in 1969 before retiring from football in 1970 aged only 30. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He also won 34 caps for Scotland. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association.
Baxter is particularly remembered for his inspirational role in Scotland's famous 3-2 defeat of England in 1967. After a sensational performance, Baxter infamously began playing "keepie uppie" or ball juggling during the match in an effort to torment the opposition. Keepie uppie is the art of Juggling with a football (soccer ball using feet, Lower legs Knees Chest, Shoulders As Scotland were the first team to beat England after the 1966 World Cup, the Tartan Army proclaimed themselves world champions. The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup was held in England from 11 July to 30 July The Tartan Army is a name given to fans of the Scotland national football team. History Early days The first ever international match was a "rather unexciting" 0-0 draw between England and Scotland on November 30 1872
Baxter himself [1] regarded his performance in the 1963 defeat of England at Wembley as superior to the 1967 game. Scotland played most of the game with 10 men as Eric Caldow's leg was broken in a tackle early in the game, and in the early 1960s there were no substitutes. Remarkably, Baxter scored Scotland's first after winning a tackle. He scored the second from a penalty. Caldow was the designated penalty taker, and Baxter stated in 2001 that he "had never taken a penalty in my life before".
Once, later in his life, asked if having been paid the huge sums of money footballers in later decades received would have made a difference to his lifestyle, he famously replied, "Definitely. I'd have spent £50,000 a week at the bookies instead of £100. "
Despite his off-pitch behaviour of womanising, frequently getting drunk and gambling he is remembered as one of the greatest Scottish players of all time and there is much surprise that he won only 34 caps.
Baxter lost a long battle against cancer when he died April 2001. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
The Tartan Army unsuccessfully attempted to get the new Wembley footbridge named after him just to annoy the English, with many Scots flooding a poll held by radio station Five Live. The Tartan Army is a name given to fans of the Scotland national football team.
Notes
- ^ Jim Baxter. (2001). The Jim Baxter Story [DVD]. John Williams Productions - JW129.
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