Colin Baxter (curler)

This article is about Scottish curler. For American football player, see Colin Baxter.

Colin Baxter
Curler
 ♂
Team
Curling clubCorstorphine CC, Corstorphine
Oxenfoord CC, Edinburgh
Curling career
Member Association Scotland
World Championship
appearances		2 (1971, 1978)
European Championship
appearances		1 (1978)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 2 (2002, 2003)
Medal record
Curling
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1971 Megève
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1971
Gold medal – first place 1978

Colin Baxter is a Scottish curler.

He is a 1971 World Men's silver medallist[1] and a two-time Scottish men's champion (1971, 1978).

He was also a two-time Scottish Schools champion (1968, 1969).[2]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1967–68 Colin Baxter Jimmy Hunter Peter Welsh Arthur Hendry SSchCC 1968 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1968–69 Colin Baxter Peter Welsh Donald Crerar Arthur Hendry SSchCC 1969 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1970–71 James Sanderson Willie Sanderson Iain Baxter Colin Baxter SMCC 1971 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WMCC 1971 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1977–78 James Sanderson Iain Baxter Willie Sanderson Colin Baxter SMCC 1978 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WMCC 1978 (5th)
1978–79 James Sanderson Iain Baxter Colin Baxter Willie Sanderson ECC 1978 (4th)

Personal life

His brother Iain was also a curler and Colin's teammate. Their parents, father Bobby and mother Mabel, were curlers too.[3]

References

  1. ^ Colin Baxter at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Scottish Schools Curling Champions - Scottish Curling
  3. ^ "Iain Baxter Funeral Arrangements". Scottish Curling. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.


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