Jack Sexton (footballer, born 1925)

Jack Sexton
Personal information
Full name John Charles Sexton
Date of birth (1925-08-13)13 August 1925
Place of birth Kensington, Victoria
Date of death 4 March 2014(2014-03-04) (aged 88)
Original team(s) North Colts
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946 North Melbourne 4 (1)
1947–49 Port Melbourne (VFA) 47 (21)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Career highlights
  • 1947 VFA Premiership
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Charles Sexton (13 August 1925 – 4 March 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

World War II

Sexton enlisted to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II, just after his eighteenth birthday, and served until March 1946.[2]

Football

Sexton played four games for North Melbourne in the 1946 VFL season, being 20th man in the first two rounds of the season and then playing two games on the wing later in the season.[3]

In 1947 Sexton transferred to Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association[4] where he won a premiership in his first year[5] and was a regular player for three seasons.

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 802. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: SEXTON, John Charles". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. ^ "SOUTH GIVE NORTH NO CHANCE". Sporting Globe. No. 2523. Victoria, Australia. 24 August 1946. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Holten to play 50th game for Collingwood". The Argus. No. 31, 445. Victoria, Australia. 13 June 1947. p. 25.
  5. ^ "PORT MELBOURNE PREMIERS FOR 1947". Record. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 39. Victoria, Australia. 11 October 1947. p. 2.