He consistently played finals football while at Carlton, including the losing 1932 VFL Grand Final against Richmond. After leaving Carlton, Huxtable served two years in the Royal Australian Air Force but made a return to the VFL in 1941 with South Melbourne.
Huxtable was aged just 15 when he started his career at Tasmanian club New Town and in 1928 won their "Best and fairest" award. 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. In his last season with Carlton the club won the premiership but Huxtable missed out on participating due to a thumb injury.
In 1930 he went to the mainland and joined Carlton, becoming a regular member of their defense throughout the decade.
