Skippy Baxter
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For the American football player, see Lloyd Baxter.
Lloyd Valdemar Baxter (1919 – ), better known as Skippy Baxter,[1] is an American figure skater. He won two medals at the 1940 United States Figure Skating Championships: a bronze in men's singles and a silver in pair skating with Hedy Stenuf. Baxter went on to skate professionally with the Ice Capades.
Baxter choreographed a segment for the 1969 animated film A Boy Named Charlie Brown, in which Snoopy skates.
He currently coaches figure skating in Northern California[2] and was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2003.[3]
[edit] Results
(mens singles)
| Event | 1940 |
|---|---|
| U.S. Championships | 3rd |
(pairs with Stenuf)
| Event | 1940 |
|---|---|
| U.S. Championships | 2nd |
[edit] References
- ^ "Skates to Rebuild Leg, Baxter Now Ice Star". The Milwaukee Journal. September 21, 1942. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19420921&id=q-4ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6SIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1689,2593002. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ Chris Smith (November 23, 2009). "Skippy Baxter still skating 80 years on". The Press Democrat. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091123/news/911231002?p=1&tc=pg. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ^ "U.S. Hall of Fame Presents Class of 2003". U.S. Figure Skating. http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_story.asp?id=905. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
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