John Baxter (footballer)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = John Baxter

| image =

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1936|10|15}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2014|12|12|1936|10|15}}

| death_place =

| position = Wing half

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Benburb

| years1 = 1955–1966 |caps1 = 208 |goals1 = 22 |clubs1 = Hibernian

| years2 = 1966–1967 |caps2 = 14 |goals2 = 0 |clubs2 = Falkirk

| years3 = 1967–1968 |caps3 = 27 |goals3 = 3 |clubs3 = Clydebank

| totalcaps = 249

| totalgoals = 25

| nationalyears1= 1959

| nationalteam1 = Scotland under-23

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1= 0

}}

John Baxter (15 October 1936 – 12 December 2014) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a wing half for Hibernian, Falkirk and Clydebank during the 1950s and 1960s.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player12/johnbaxter.htm |title=John Baxter |work= |publisher=Neil Brown |date= |accessdate=8 September 2015}} He was capped once by Scotland at under-23 level,{{cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=51|title=John Baxter profile|work=www.fitbastats.com|accessdate=13 October 2012}} and played for Hibs in the 1958 Scottish Cup Final, which Hibs lost 1–0 to Clyde. Clyde's winning goal was scored with a shot that deflected off Baxter.{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/scottish-cup/Glenn-Gibbons-Fifty-years-on.4337196.jp|first=Glenn|last=Gibbons|title=Fifty years on, Clyde and Hibs remember the good old days|work=The Scotsman|accessdate=10 September 2010|date=30 July 2008}}

John Baxter died on 12 December 2014, aged 78.{{cite web |url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/5007 |title=JOHN BAXTER |work= |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=12 December 2014 |accessdate=13 December 2014 |archive-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024201811/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/5007 |url-status=dead }}