Norm Sexton

Norm Sexton
Personal information
Full name Norman Charles Sexton
Date of birth (1903-02-12)12 February 1903
Place of birth Kiewa, Victoria
Date of death 20 October 1952(1952-10-20) (aged 49) [1]
Place of death Terang, Victoria
Original team(s) Brunswick, Coburg
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924 Carlton 03 (0)
1925–1928 Coburg (VFA) 51 (4)
1931 Footscray 01 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Norman Charles Sexton (12 February 1903 – 21 October 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

Born Norman Charles Schroeter, Norm Sexton was the fourth child of John Godfrey Schroeter and Margaret Francis Hopgood. By the time he played football he had adopted the surname Sexton.

Football

Sexton started his career with Coburg when they were a junior club and then played the first three rounds with Carlton in 1924 before returning to Coburg.[3]

He played with Coburg until he was forced to miss the second half of the 1928 VFA season with pneumonia.[4]

In 1931 Sexton returned to VFL football, after serving a three-year suspension (commencing in 1928) for failing to gain a clearance from Carlton to Coburg. His ban was lifted by the VFL Permits Committee in July 1931.[5]

Sexton was captain / coach of Eaglehawk Football Club in 1932, in the Bendigo Football League,[6] where they were runners up to Sandhurst in the grand final.[7]

Sexton was captain / coach of the Deniliquin Football Club[8] to a premiership in 1933, their first year in the Echuca Football League.[9]

Sexton coached the Imperials Football Club to the 1934 premiership in the Hay Football Association.[10]

Sexton was captain / coach of Terang Football Club in 1939, in the Hampden Football League.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ "1952 - Death Notice". The Argus. 21 October 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 755. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ^ "1928 - Coburg's consistent wingster". Sporting Globe. Melbourne. 26 May 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. ^ "1928 - Sexton ill with pneumonia". The Age. 17 August 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  5. ^ "1931 - Disqualifcation Completed". The Age. 23 July 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. ^ "1932 - Eaglehawk's coach". The Weekly Times. 30 July 1932. p. 61. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  7. ^ "1932 - Bendigo title to Sandhurst". The Weekly Times. 29 October 1932. p. 64. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  8. ^ "1933 - Sexton appointed coach". The Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 18 April 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  9. ^ "1933 - Echuca FL - Grand Final match review". The Independent. Deniliquin, NSW. 3 October 1933. p. 1. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  10. ^ "1934 - Hay FA - Grand Final match review". The Riverine Grazier. 13 July 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  11. ^ "1939 - Sexton appointed Terang coach". The Weekly Times. 1 July 1939. p. 63. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.


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