James Baxter (sportsman)

James Baxter

Baxter in New Zealand in 1930
Birth name	James Baxter
Date of birth	8 June 1870
Place of birth	Rock Ferry, England[1][2]
Date of death	4 July 1940
Place of death	Rock Ferry, England[2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1900 England 3 ()

Olympic medal record
Sailing
Representing  Great Britain
	1908 London	12 metre class

James Baxter (8 June 1870 – 5 July 1940) was an English rugby union player and manager. He also and won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics for sailing in the 12-metre class.

In 1927, he was president of the Rugby Football Union and managed the British and Irish Lions tour to Argentina in 1927 and the 1930 tour to New Zealand and Australia.

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