James Baxter (American football)
James Richard Baxter was a minor league baseball player and an American football player and coach.Baxter played for the Toledo Mud Hens of the Southern Michigan League in 1914 and later the American Association in 1927. He also played for the Jackson Vets and Flint Vehicles of the Southern Michigan League in 1915.Baxter served as the head football coach at University of Toledo for a lone season in 1918, compiling a record of 1–1.Professional football
Baxter played for two season in the National Football League, first for the Racine Legion in 1923 and later for the Kenosha Maroons in 1924.