Norm Sexton Explained

Norm Sexton
Fullname:Norman Charles Sexton
Birth Date:12 February 1903
Birth Place:Kiewa, Victoria
Death Date: [1]
Death Place:Terang, Victoria
Originalteam:Brunswick, Coburg
Height:173 cm
Weight:63 kg
Statsend:1931
Years1:1924
Games Goals1:3 (0)
Years2:1925–1928
Club2:Coburg (VFA)
Games Goals2:51 (4)
Years3:1931
Games Goals3:1 (0)

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]

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Notes and References

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