SOCCER PLAYER

Jim Baxter

1939 - 2001

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Baxter is the 8,952nd most popular soccer player (down from 6,689th in 2024), the 6,668th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,873rd in 2019) and the 520th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among people born in 1939, Jim Baxter ranks 634. Before him are John H. Sununu, D. C. Fontana, Bob Armstrong, Bill Toomey, Jagdeep, and Ben Cayetano. After him are Don McKinnon, Barry Mann, Zelmo Beaty, Bill Bridges, Chuck Robb, and Robbie Brightwell. Among people deceased in 2001, Jim Baxter ranks 359. Before him are Madhavrao Scindia, Duke Nalon, Richard Chelimo, Wail al-Shehri, Frankie Carle, and Death of Carlo Giuliani. After him are Darshan Ranganathan, Stuart Adamson, Mohand al-Shehri, Serhiy Perkhun, Nawaf al-Hazmi, and Charlotte Coleman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Baxter ranks 6,669 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexa Chung (1983), James Guthrie (1953), Noah Huntley (1974), Alex Winter (1965), and Bill Bailey (1965). After him are Ryan Bertrand (1989), Domino Harvey (1969), Jonny Wilkinson (1979), Nick Faldo (1957), Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (1997), Adam Curtis (1955), and Mark Lewis Jones (1964).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jim Baxter ranks 520. Before him are Ruben Loftus-Cheek (1996), Shay Brennan (1937), Fraser Forster (1988), Lee Carsley (1974), Tom Heaton (1986), and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997). After him are Ryan Bertrand (1989), Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (1997), Jimmy Hill (1928), Ross Barkley (1993), Ivan Toney (1996), and Doug Livingstone (1898).

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