Eric Huxtable
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Eric Huxtable was an Australian rules football
er who played for Carlton
in the VFL
during the 1930s and briefly with South Melbourne
in the early 1940s.
Huxtable was aged just 15 when he started his career at Tasmanian club New Town
and in 1928 won their 'Best and fairest' award.
In 1930 he went to the mainland and joined Carlton, becoming a regular member of their defense throughout the decade. Noted for his long drop kicks, Huxtable had success during his career against triple Brownlow winner Haydn Bunton and was a regular Big V representative. He consistently played finals football while at Carlton, including the losing 1932 VFL Grand Final
against Richmond. In his last season with Carlton the club won the premiership but Huxtable missed out on participating due to a thumb injury.
After leaving Carlton, Huxtable served two years in the RAAF but made a return to the VFL in 1941 with South Melbourne.
Eric married his wife Gwenneth in May 1935 and has six children, Neil, Gary, Erin, Margo, Christine and Julie.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played for Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
in the VFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
during the 1930s and briefly with South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
in the early 1940s.
Huxtable was aged just 15 when he started his career at Tasmanian club New Town
Glenorchy Football Club
The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:...
and in 1928 won their 'Best and fairest' award.
In 1930 he went to the mainland and joined Carlton, becoming a regular member of their defense throughout the decade. Noted for his long drop kicks, Huxtable had success during his career against triple Brownlow winner Haydn Bunton and was a regular Big V representative. He consistently played finals football while at Carlton, including the losing 1932 VFL Grand Final
1932 VFL Grand Final
The 1932 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1932. It was the 36th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
against Richmond. In his last season with Carlton the club won the premiership but Huxtable missed out on participating due to a thumb injury.
After leaving Carlton, Huxtable served two years in the RAAF but made a return to the VFL in 1941 with South Melbourne.
Eric married his wife Gwenneth in May 1935 and has six children, Neil, Gary, Erin, Margo, Christine and Julie.