Dave Baxter
Personal information
Full name David James Baxter
Date of birth 15 December 1910
Place of birth Clare, South Australia
Date of death 2 December 1978(1978-12-02) (aged 67)
Place of death Edenhope, Victoria
Original team(s) Serviceton
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 80.5 kg (177 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934–1936 Richmond 47 (53)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Career highlights
  • Richmond premiership player 1934
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David James Baxter (15 December 1910 – 2 December 1978)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1934 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club.

Baxter's son, David Junior, was a member of the Tigers' under-19s 1973 premiership side and his brother-in-law, Leo Merrett, was a member of Richmond's 1943 senior premiership team.

Baxter later served in the Volunteer Defence Corps as part of the Australian Army during World War II.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "David Baxter – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "World War II Roll: David James Baxter". Department of Veterans Affairs.

References

  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
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