Jack Sexton

Jack Sexton
Personal information
Birth	27 February 1900
Height and weight	180 cm / 73 kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Fitzroy (1932-34) 29 games, 10 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1934 season

Jack Ettwell George Sexton (27 February 1900 - 26 October 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the SANFL and for Fitzroy in the VFL.

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 two games into the season. He finished with a total of 101 SANFL games and in October that year he died from his illness.

References

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Jack Sexton's statistics from AFL Tables

Captains of the Fitzroy Football Club

1897: Cleary • 1898–1900: Sloan • 1901–1902: McSpeerin • 1903–1905: Brosnan • 1906–1907: Jenkins • 1908–1910: Sharp • 1911: McLennan • 1912: Cooper • 1913: Walker • 1914–1915: Parratt • 1916: Johnson • 1917–1918: Holden • 1919: Johnson • 1920: Parratt • 1921: Parratt/Lethbridge • 1922: Lethbridge • 1923: Rattray • 1924–1925: Atkinson • 1926: Adams • 1927: Wigraft • 1928: Rattray • 1929: Chapman • 1930–1931: Niven • 1932: Bunton/Sexton • 1933: Sexton/Moriarty • 1934: Cashman/Davies • 1935: Cameron • 1936–1937: Bunton • 1938–1941: Curcio • 1942: Hearn • 1943–1947: Hughson • 1948: Ruthven • 1949: Smith • 1950: Smith/Ruthven • 1951–1954: Ruthven • 1955–1957: Stephen • 1958–1961: Gale • 1962: Abrahams • 1963–1964: Murray • 1965: Rogerson • 1966: Rogerson/Hayes • 1967–1972: Murray • 1973–1977: Murphy • 1978: Merrigan • 1979–1980: Alexander • 1981–1984: Wilson • 1985–1987: Rendell • 1988–1990: Roos • 1991: Osborne • 1992–1994: Roos • 1995–1996: Boyd

Magarey Medal winners

1898: Green • 1899: Malin • 1900: not awarded • 1901: Sandland • 1902: MacKenzie • 1903: Waye • 1904: not awarded • 1905: MacKenzie • 1906: MacKenzie • 1907: Mack • 1908: Tierney • 1909: R. Head • 1910: Hosking • 1911: Cumberland • 1912: Low • 1913: Leahy • 1914: Ashley • 1915: Barry / Hosking / Perry • 1916–18: not awarded • 1919: Moriarty • 1920: Moriarty / Richardson • 1921: Adams / Karney / Moriarty / Scott • 1922: Barnes • 1923: Riley • 1924: Scott • 1925: Bampton / Lill • 1926: McGregor • 1927: McGregor • 1928: Handby • 1929: Snell • 1930: Scott • 1931: Sexton • 1932: Pontifex • 1933: Dunn • 1934: Johnston • 1935: Cockburn • 1936: McCallum • 1937: Hawke • 1938: Quinn • 1939: McArthur / Pash • 1940: Brock • 1941: Boyall • 1942–44: not awarded • 1945: Quinn • 1946: Hank • 1947: Hank • 1948: R. Phillips • 1949: Crabb / R. Phillips • 1950: McKay • 1951: Marriott • 1952: Fitzgerald • 1953: Deane • 1954: Fitzgerald • 1955: L. Head • 1956: Boyd • 1957: Benton / Deane • 1958: L. Head • 1959: Fitzgerald • 1960: Barbary • 1961: Halbert • 1962: Eustice • 1963: L. Head • 1964: Motley • 1965: Window • 1966: Kneebone • 1967: Lindner / Obst • 1968: Robran • 1969: Phillis • 1970: Robran • 1971: R. Ebert • 1972: Blight • 1973: Robran • 1974: R. Ebert • 1975: Woite • 1976: R. Ebert • 1977: Trevor Grimwood • 1978: Hodgeman • 1979: Duckworth • 1980: R. Ebert • 1981: Aish • 1982: McGuinness • 1983: Antrobus • 1984: Platten • 1985: Fielke • 1986: Anderson • 1987: Jarman • 1988: Whittlesea • 1989: McAdam • 1990: Hodges • 1991: Naley • 1992: Buckley • 1993: B. Phillips • 1994: McIntosh • 1995: Kilpatrick / McIntosh • 1996: Francou • 1997: Atkinson / Jarman • 1998: Osborn • 1999: Squire • 2000: Squire • 2001: Brown / O'Connor • 2002: Sheedy / Weatherald • 2003: B. Ebert • 2004: Thomas • 2005: Clayton • 2006: Backwell • 2007: Allan • 2008: Crane • 2009: Archard / Ezard • 2010: Allan • 2011: Allan

The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.

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Name	Sexton, Jack
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Date of birth	27 February 1900
Place of birth
Date of death	26 October 1935
Place of death