Career
Born in Papua New Guinea, Sexton played his early football in the Bendigo Football League where he took the field for Sandhurst. Footscray picked him up with the 86th pick of the 1988 VFL Draft and he kicked five goals and three behinds on his league debut, against the Brisbane Bears at Western Oval. He kicked another three goals the following round but was dropped four weeks later after struggling for form.
Sexton decided to retire from the American Federation of Labor-Congress mid contract and return to the country to play for his former Bendigo Football League club Sandhurst.