James Richard Baxter (October 1, 1892 – July 26, 1961) was a minor league baseball player and an American football player and coach.
[1] Baxter played for the Toledo Mud Hens of the Southern Michigan League in 1914 and later the American Association in 1927.
[2] 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.
Baxter played for two season in the National Football League (NFL), first for the Racine Legion in 1923 and later for the Kenosha Maroons in 1924.