Career
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. His efforts were rewarded with selection in that year"s Victorian team which played Tasmania.
He was the club"s leading goal-kicker again in 1960, managing 37 goals, the seventh biggest tally in the league that season.
