Jack Sexton
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| + | *Glenelg [[1925]] – [[1929]] | ||
| + | ** 47 games | ||
| + | ** 2 goals | ||
| + | * Vice Captain 1929 | ||
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| + | * West Adelaide 1930 - 1931 | ||
| + | ** 19 games | ||
| + | ** Magarey Medallist 1931 | ||
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| + | * Fitzroy (VFL) 1932 - 1934 | ||
| + | ** 29 games, 10 goals | ||
| + | ** Captain 1932 - 1934 | ||
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| + | * Norwood 1935 | ||
| + | ** 6 games | ||
| + | ** Captain-Coach 1935 | ||
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| + | * Represented South Australia twice | ||
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| + | [[File:Jack Sexton suit.jpg |thumb|left|Jack Sexton]] | ||
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| + | == Biographical == | ||
| + | *Born: 27 February 1900 | ||
| + | *Died: 26 October 1935 | ||
| + | *Height: 180 cm | ||
| + | *Weight: 73 kg | ||
| + | *Recruited from: Brunswick | ||
| + | *Previous Club: Sturt Street Public School | ||
| + | *GFC League Debut: 1925 | ||
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| + | Jack Sexton was a centreman and started his career in 1925 with Glenelg, having been recruited from parklands team, Brunswick. Throughout his career high marking and long drop-kicks were features of his play along with the hallmark of all great players - the ability to think quickly under pressure and dispose of the ball to advantage. | ||
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| + | By 1927 Sexton had established himself in the League side and won Glenelg's Most Unselfish Player trophy as well as finishing fourth in Magarey Medal voting for that year. | ||
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| + | Sexton and [[Jack Owens]] were both employed by the Municipal Tramways Trust and frequently had to miss work for football. This eventually led to Sexton resigning from the Club in 1929, when it failed to reimburse him for loss of time for being absent from work on Saturday afternoons. "Loss of time (''said Sexton'') is an important consideration to a player on shift work." Glenelg had previously reimbursed him for loss of time, but reneged on the issue in 1929. As a result he played in only ten of the Club's seventeen games in 1929. | ||
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| + | After this dispute over his salary he crossed to West Adelaide, where he won a Magarey Medal in 1931 (runner-up was [[Len Sallis]]). The following season, at the height of The Depression and with higher match payments and better job prospects, he moved to Victoria and joined Fitzroy. He captained Fitzroy in each of his three seasons there and played a total of 29 VFL games before returning to South Australia in 1935. Now playing with Norwood as captain-coach, Sexton suffered a recurrence of pleurisy, which he had first struggled with in 1932, and was only able to play six games in the season. In October that year he died from his illness. | ||
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| + | In the 1970's Jack Sexton's Magarey Medal was stolen from his son's house in Firle, but after an appeal in the daily papers it was soon afterwards recovered. | ||
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| + | See also: [[Gallery Jack Sexton]] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | 1. Pride of the Bay | ||
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| + | 2. The South Australian Football Story, Bernard Whimpress, 1983 | ||
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| + | 3. The History of the Magarey Medal, John Wood, 1988 | ||
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| + | 4. [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/sa-sm.htm#Jack%20Sexton%20%28Glenelg,%20West%20Adelaide,%20Fitzroy,%20Norwood%29 Full Points Footy] | ||
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| + | 5. [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jack_Sexton0.html stats.rleague.com] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Players|Sexton, Jack]] | ||
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Biographical
- Born: 27 February 1900
- Died: 26 October 1935
- Height: 180 cm
- Weight: 73 kg
- Recruited from: Brunswick
- Previous Club: Sturt Street Public School
- GFC League Debut: 1925
Guernsey Number:
Jack Sexton was a centreman and started his career in 1925 with Glenelg, having been recruited from parklands team, Brunswick. Throughout his career high marking and long drop-kicks were features of his play along with the hallmark of all great players - the ability to think quickly under pressure and dispose of the ball to advantage.
By 1927 Sexton had established himself in the League side and won Glenelg's Most Unselfish Player trophy as well as finishing fourth in Magarey Medal voting for that year.
Sexton and Jack Owens were both employed by the Municipal Tramways Trust and frequently had to miss work for football. This eventually led to Sexton resigning from the Club in 1929, when it failed to reimburse him for loss of time for being absent from work on Saturday afternoons. "Loss of time (said Sexton) is an important consideration to a player on shift work." Glenelg had previously reimbursed him for loss of time, but reneged on the issue in 1929. As a result he played in only ten of the Club's seventeen games in 1929.
After this dispute over his salary he crossed to West Adelaide, where he won a Magarey Medal in 1931 (runner-up was Len Sallis). The following season, at the height of The Depression and with higher match payments and better job prospects, he moved to Victoria and joined Fitzroy. He captained Fitzroy in each of his three seasons there and played a total of 29 VFL games before returning to South Australia in 1935. Now playing with Norwood as captain-coach, Sexton suffered a recurrence of pleurisy, which he had first struggled with in 1932, and was only able to play six games in the season. In October that year he died from his illness.
In the 1970's Jack Sexton's Magarey Medal was stolen from his son's house in Firle, but after an appeal in the daily papers it was soon afterwards recovered.
See also: Gallery Jack Sexton
References
1. Pride of the Bay
2. The South Australian Football Story, Bernard Whimpress, 1983
3. The History of the Magarey Medal, John Wood, 1988
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