James Baxter (sportsman)

James Baxter

Full name	James Baxter
Date of birth	8 June 1870
Place of birth	Greenwich[1]
Date of death	4 July 1940
Place of death	Rock Ferry, Cheshire[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Birkenhead Park FC[2]
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1900	England	3

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

James Baxter (8 June 1870 – 5 July 1940) played rugby union for the English rugby union side between at the turn of the 20th century 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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