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Player #295

From:

To:

Career Status:

1922-23

1922-23

Retired

Appearances:

12

Starts:

12

Goals:

2

Assists:

-

Involvements:

2

John Roxborough

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Forward

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

John Roxborough

Seasons Quick-View

1923 🕒 12 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #295 |

Season :

1922-23

Age :

20

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

12

Starts :

12

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

2

Assists :

-

Involvements :

2

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

John Alexander Roxburgh

Birth Date

10 November 1901

Birth Place

Granton, Edinburgh

Birth Country

Scotland

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Edinburgh Emmett
Rugby Town
Leicester City

Original Transfer

Aged

20

From

Leicester City

For

Free

On

October 1922

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

22

Stoke

Free

February 1924

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Stoke
Retired

Died

1965, Aged 64

John Roxborough

Villa Career

1923 🕒 12 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #295 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

10 February 1923

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

10 February 1923

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1922-23

10 February 1923

Manchester City (a), Division One

21

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1922-23

5 May 1923

Sunderland (h), Division One

21

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

5 May 1923

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

John Roxborough

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Player #296 for Aston Villa, John Alexander Roxburgh, played as a forward for the club.

John played for Villa in 1922-23 making 12 appearances and scoring twice.

John was born in Granton, Edinburgh on 10 November 1901 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on 10 February 1923 aged 21.

Villa had signed John from Leicester City in October 1922 and despite a relatively decent scoring return in his short time with the team, he was to move on to Stoke in February 1924 without adding to his appearances in the 1922-23 season.

John had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

John passed away in 1965 aged 64.

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