[3][4] Sington was a prominent two-time All America tackle for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams.

[4] While in college he was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, Psi chapter at the University of Alabama.

Sington was chosen for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1920–1969 era.

[7] In 1932 he led the Middle Atlantic League with a batting average of .368 and a slugging percentage of .720, and in triples with 12 and home runs with 29.

[9] He would also play professional baseball as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators, batting .271/.382/.401 with 7 home runs and 85 RBI in 181 games.