Researching Norm Sexton
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2581 people with the Sexton surname? In that year Sexton was ranked number 1521 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Norm means "Form of NORMAN. Norseman or Rule" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Norm Sexton on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Norm Sexton and the Sexton Family History
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Some Famous People called Norm Sexton
Norm Sexton
Norman Charles Sexton (12 February 1903 – 21 October 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Born Norman Charles Schroeter, Norm Sexton was the fourth child of John Godfrey Schroeter and Margaret Francis Hopgood. By the time he played football he had adopted the surname Sexton.
Sexton started his career with Coburg when they were a junior club and then played the first three rounds with Carlton in 1924 before returning to Coburg.
He played four more seasons with Coburg before retiring at the end of the 1928 season. Sexton apparently missed the second half of the 1928 VFA season with pneumonia.
In 1931 he made a return to football, playing a single game for Footscray before ending his career.
Sexton actually returned to VFL football in 1931, after serving a three-year suspension (commencing in 1928) for failing to gain a clearance from Carlton to Coburg. His ban was lifted by the VFL Permits Committee in July, 1931.
Sexton was captain / coach of Eaglehawk Football Club in 1932, in the Bendigo Football League, where they were runners up to Sandhurst in the grand final.
Sexton was captain / coach of the Deniliquin Football Club to a premiership in 1933, their first year in the Echuca Football League.
Sexton coached the Imperials Football Club to the 1934 premiership in the Hay Football Association.
Sexton was captain / coach of Terang Football Club in 1939, in the Hampden Football League.
Source: Norm Sexton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sexton
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