Playing Career
Roxburgh attended Bellahouston Academy, where he was selected for the first team at just 15 years of age. He played for Glasgow Schools and was a schoolboy and youth internationalist. In 1961, he scored the only goal in a schoolboy international against England Schools at Parkhead.
From 1961 to 1963 Roxburgh played for Queens Park, where he won the Scottish amateur cup. During this period, he was capped by the Scottish national amateur team.
Roxburgh then moved to ES Clydebank, where he played the 1964–1965 season, before arriving at first division Partick Thistle, where he was to stay until the end of the 1968–69 season. In 1966, 25 year old Roxburgh qualified as a Scottish Football Association coach.
Falkirk then signed Roxburgh, where he teamed up in attack with Sir Alex Ferguson. At the end of the 1969–1970 season, Falkirk were crowned second division champions and promoted to the first division. Roxburgh remained at Falkirk until the end of the 1971–72 season.
Roxburgh finished his top flight playing career at Clydebank, where he was player-coach from 1973 to 1975. During the latter part of his professional playing career, Roxburgh, a physical education graduate, was also employed as a primary school headteacher.
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