Norm Sexton

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]

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

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.

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 four more seasons with Coburg before retiring at the end of the 1928 season. Sexton apparently missed the second half of the 1928 VFA season with pneumonia. [4]

In 1931 he made a return to football, playing a single game for Footscray before ending his career.

Sexton actually returned to VFL football in 1931, 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". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  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". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  4. "1928 - Sexton ill with pneumonia". Trove Newspapers. The Age. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  5. "1931 - Disqualifcation Completed". Trove Newspapers. The Age Newspapers. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. "1932 - Eaglehawk's coach". Trove Newspapers. The Weekly Times. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  7. "1932 - Bendigo title to Sandhurst". Trove Newspapers. The Weekly Times. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  8. "1933 - Sexton appointed coach". Trove Newspapers. The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  9. "1933 - Echuca FL - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  10. "1934 - Hay FA - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. The Riverine Grazier. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  11. "1939 - Sexton appointed Terang coach". Trove Newspapers. The Weekly Times. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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