Norman Charles Sexton (12 February 1903 – 21 October 1952) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Carlton
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and
Footscray in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.
He played with Coburg until he was forced to miss the second half of the 1928 VFA season with pneumonia.
In 1931 Sexton returned to
VFL
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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.
Sexton was captain / coach of
Eaglehawk Football Club in 1932, in the
Bendigo Football League, where they were runners up to Sandhurst in the grand final.
Sexton was captain / coach of the
Deniliquin Football Club
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to a premiership in 1933, their first year in the
Echuca Football League
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.
Sexton coached the Imperials Football Club to the 1934 premiership in the Hay Football Association.
Sexton was captain / coach of
Terang Football Club in 1939, in the
Hampden Football League.
Notes
External links
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Norm Sexton's profileat Blueseum
Norm Sexton action photo
1903 births
1952 deaths
Carlton Football Club players
Western Bulldogs players
Coburg Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
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