Billy Baxter (soccer player, 1924)

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Billy Baxter
Personnel
Surname William Baxter
birthday September 21, 1924
place of birth Methil ,  Scotland
date of death November 9, 2002
Place of death East Wemyss ,  Scotland
position Outrunner
Juniors
Years station
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1945-1953 Wolverhampton Wanderers 43 (1)
1953-1957 Aston Villa 98 (6)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1969-1970 East Fife FC
1970-1971 Raith Rovers
1 Only league games are given.

William "Billy" Baxter also known as "Bill" Baxter (born September 21, 1924 in Methil , † November 9, 2002 in East Wemyss ) was a Scottish football player and coach . The outside runner was part of the championship team of Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1953/54 season, but did not come there regularly to train and then moved on to Aston Villa .

Athletic career

After graduating from school in 1939, Baxter joined the Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1939 . After guest appearances for Leicester City , Mansfield Town and Notts County during the Second World War, he signed the first professional contract with the Wolves in September 1945. On December 4, 1948, he made his debut in the 1-0 win against Everton for the first division, after shortly before with ex-player Stan Cullis had become the new coach. The sporting breakthrough in the first team was denied him in the following years. In the 1951/52 season he had a longer series of appearances with 20 league appearances and on December 25, 1951 he scored his only goal for the club in a 3: 3 against Aston Villa. When the Wolves set out to win the English championship in the 1953/54 season, Baxter completed five games before moving on to the “neighbor” Aston Villa in November 1953. A good two months earlier, his son Stuart was born, who also gained fame as a player and coach in professional football.

In just under four years, Baxter played more than 100 competitive games for Villa and even after his resignation in the summer of 1957 he stayed with the "Villans" until 1967 as an assistant coach. He later moved back to his Scottish homeland and had brief terms as head coach at East Fife and the Raith Rovers from the late 1960s.

He died in early November 2002 at the age of 78.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tony Matthews, Wolverhampton Wanderers - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, Derby 2008, ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3 .
  2. ^ Rob Bishop / Frank Holt: Aston Villa - The Complete Record . DB Publishing, Derby 2010, ISBN 978-1-85983-805-1 .
personal data
SURNAME Baxter, Billy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baxter, William; Baxter, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Methil
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 2002
Place of death East Wemyss