Slim jim baxter charts the great mans rollercoaster years, his emergence at ibrox as a worldclass midfield player and the rapid decline as he pressed the selfdestruct button and blew away his life as a footballer. His peak playing years were with rangers in the early 1960s, with whom he won ten trophies between 1960 and 1965, and where he became known as slim jim. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Official website this article about a scottish football club is a stub. A fascinating and honest portrayal of a flawed genius. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Jim baxter was one of the greatest footballers scotland has ever produced, beating england at a time when they were world champions. Rangers fans remember him as slim jim, and in 18 old firm games against local rivals celtic ten scottish league, five. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Baxter played most of his best football in his early twenties, before the leg fracture against rapid vienna in december 1964 and the start of his heavy drinking that made his nickname slim jim less appropriate. Slim jim by tom miller overdrive rakuten overdrive. He writes the xeelee sequence, destinys children, nasa trilogy, manifold trilogy, mammoth trilogy, time odyssey with arthur c.
Wordsworthmy heart leaps up when i behold a rainbow in the sky. But his career was over by the time he reached 30 and in 2001 he died at the early age of 61, victim of a lifestyle that ultimately destroyed him. The bigger the stage the better it suited slim jim. In this insightful biography, tom miller takes an indepth look at the legend known as slim jim. Jim baxter rangers football club, official website. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. The definitive biography by ken gallacher from waterstones today. And although much has been written about slim jim over the years, the real story behind his life is now revealed for the first time. Stephen baxter has 316 books on goodreads with 508236 ratings. Baxter joined rangers in 1960 for a then record transfer fee of gbp 17,500 and quickly showed his worth. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Jim baxter the legendary slim jim was arguably scotlands greatestever footballer, a leftfooted genius who became a rangers icon and helped scotland humiliate world champions england at wembley in 1967 with some famous keepieuppie along the way. Simply the best, writing a book that captures the true spirit of rangers greatest player. One of scottish footballs greatest ball players jim was quickly noticed playing.
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A fife lad slim jim baxter was born in hill of beath in 1939. Jim baxter was one of scotlands greatestever football players, a leftfooted wonder who became a rangers icon and a leading member of the celebrated scotland side of the 1960s. There is little argument that baxter was the most incredibly gifted player to pull on the blue shirt of rangers. He was arguably the best player to play in scottish football and the greatest player i ever played with. Before he became an author he studied mathematics at cambridge university, obtained a doctorate in engineering at southampton university and an mba from henley management college. Baxter played most of his best football in his early twenties, before the leg fracture against rapid vienna in december 1964 and the start of his heavy drinking that made. Jim baxters son and exwife yesterday made an emotional visit to the legends ibrox shrine. Reuters the scottish footballer jim baxter, who died of cancer at the age of 61 on april 14, 2001, is remembered as one of the greatest talents never to have featured in a world cup. Knowing full well where he would more than likely find baxter, sinclair ventured to the hill o beath institute. But his career was over by the time he reached 30 and in 2001 he died at the early age of 61, the victim of a lifestyle that ultimately destroyed him.