He won a Magarey Medal in 1931 and in the following season, he moved to Victoria and joined Fitzroy.
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.
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