Career
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 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.