Archie Baxter

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{for|the lawyer and politician from New York|Archie E. Baxter}}

{{Original research|date=December 2021}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Archie Baxter

| image =

| fullname = Archibald Murray Baxter

| birth_date = 4 August 1921

| birth_place = Brunswick, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|8|1|1921|8|4|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 78 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1952

| years1 = 1941–1946

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 23 (25)

| years2 = 1947–1952

| club2 = Oakleigh (VFA)

| games_goals2 = 71 (28)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Archibald Murray Baxter (4 August 1921 – 1 August 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|52}}

Baxter had an intermittent career at South Melbourne, which began in the 1941 VFL season when he was their third most prolific forward with 16 goals. He didn't appear again until 1944 and missed the entire 1945 season before returning to action the following year. Baxter then captained Oakleigh to two VFA premierships, in 1950 and 1952.

Archie's mother was of Irish descendency and his father was born in Scotland. He had one brother and two sisters.

During World War II, Archie was posted with the 2/4 Independent Company Commando Unit in the Australian Army. He served during the ages of 17–21 years old in the Pacific and the Middle East. Following a shrapnel wound to the shoulder he was discharged from the army in 1942.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=474844&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll: Archibald Murray Baxter |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}

Archie Baxter was also employed as Chief Aircraft Production Engineer for 40 years with the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC).