James Curran Baxter, (September 29 1939 – April 14 2001), was a Scottish football (soccer) player. He started his career at Raith Rovers F.C. befoe moving to boyhood heros Rangers F.C. for a Scottish record transfer fee £17,500 aged 20 in 1960. He spent five years at Rangers before moving to Sunderland A.F.C.. Two years later, in 1967, he joined Nottingham Forest F.C. however by this time he was becoming more known for his off-field antics. He briefly returned to Rangers in 1969 before retiring from football in 1970. He also won 34 caps for Scotland.

Baxter lost a long battle against cancer when he died April 2001.