Ray Baxter

Ray Baxter
Personal information
Full name	Ray Baxter
Date of birth	24 February 1940
Original team(s)	Kingsville
Height/Weight	188 cm / 79 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1958–1964	Footscray	80 (120)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1964 season.

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