Jack Sexton (footballer, born 1925) explained

Jack Sexton
Fullname:John Charles Sexton
Birth Date:13 August 1925
Birth Place:Kensington, Victoria
Originalteam:North Colts
Height:173 cm
Weight:68 kg
Statsend:1949
Years1:1946
Games Goals1:4 (1)
Years2:1947–49
Club2:Port Melbourne (VFA)
Games Goals2:47 (21)
Careerhighlights:
  • 1947 VFA Premiership

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.

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Notes and References

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