| Arthur Baxter | |
| Fullname: | Arthur George Baxter |
| Birth Date: | 28 December 1911 |
| Birth Place: | Dundee, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Rimini, Fascist Italy |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Position: | Inside forward |
| Years1: | 1932 |
| Clubs1: | Dundee North End |
| Years2: | 1933–1934 |
| Clubs2: | Portsmouth |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1934–1936 |
| Clubs3: | Falkirk |
| Caps3: | 41 |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Years4: | 1936–1939 |
| Clubs4: | Dundee |
| Caps4: | 103 |
| Goals4: | 45 |
| Years5: | 1938–1939 |
| Clubs5: | Barnsley |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Totalcaps: | 184 |
| Totalgoals: | 62 |
Arthur George Baxter (28 December 1911 – 5 September 1944) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Scottish Football League for Falkirk and Dundee and in the Football League for Barnsley.[1]
Baxter served as a private in the London Scottish of the Gordon Highlanders during the Second World War. He was killed during the Battle of Rimini on 5 September 1944 and was buried at the Gradara War Cemetery.[2]
| Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Falkirk | 1934–35 | Scottish Division One | 28 | 9 | 1 | — | 29 | 9 | |
| 1935–36 | Scottish Division Two | 12 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Falkirk career total | 40 | 10 | 1 | – | 41 | 10 | |||
| Dundee | 1935–36 | Scottish Division One | 8 | 4 | — | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1936–37 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 13 | |||
| 1937–38 | 38 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 24 | |||
| 1938–39 | Scottish Division Two | 14 | 4 | — | 14 | 4 | |||
| Dundee career total | 98 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 103 | 45 | |||
| Barnsley | 1938–39 | Third Division North | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Dundee United | 1939–40 | Eastern Regional[3] | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| Aberdeen | 1941–42 | North Eastern League[4] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Career total | 171 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 184 | 62 | |||