years name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1996-1998 shaun baxter geelong falcons -lrb- tac cup -rrb- 2 october 1978 shaun baxter -lrb- australian rules footballer -rrb-
 188cm / 78kg
shaun baxter -lrb- australian rules footballer -rrb-

shaun baxter -lrb- born 2 october 1978 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who was drafted by the western bulldogs football club .
baxter was drafted to footscray , as the western bulldogs were known then , as selection 49 in the 1994 afl draft from the geelong falcons under-18s via geelong & district football league club , bannockburn .
his short afl career was heavily hampered by a battle with nasopharyngeal carcinoma , type of cancer , that he survived .
baxter 's fight with the illness was highlighted in the documentary of the year of the dogs during the turbulent 1996 season for the western bulldogs .
his health contributed to baxter never playing an afl game .
he later spent some time on geelong football club 's supplementary list as a reserves player , before moving to western australia and playing for east perth .
