Jack Sexton
Athlete
1900 – 1935
Who was Jack Sexton?
Jack Ettwell George Sexton was an Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian National Football League and for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.
Sexton was a centreman and started his career in 1925 with Glenelg. In 1930 he crossed to West Adelaide after a dispute over his salary. He won a Magarey Medal in 1931 and the following season moved to Victoria and joined Fitzroy. He captained Fitzroy in 1932 and 1933 and played a total of 29 VFL games before returning to South Australia in 1935. Now playing with Norwood as captain-coach, Sexton starting suffering from Pleurisy and was forced to resign just six games into the season. He finished with a total of 101 senior games and in October that year he died from his illness.
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