Blaine Sexton
| Blaine Sexton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Blaine Sexton seated on the far right in a team photo for the Windsor Swastikas | |||
| Born |
3 May 1891 Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
| Died |
29 April 1966 (aged 74) Folkestone, England, United Kingdom | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Windsor Swastikas London Lions | ||
| National team | Great Britain | ||
| Playing career | 1905–1933 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Great Britain | ||
| 1924 Winter Olympics | ||
| Men's Ice hockey | ||
| 1924 Chamonix | Team Competition | |
Blaine Nathaniel Sexton (3 May 1891 – 29 April 1966) was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1916 he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and fought in the trenches of France on the Western Front during World War I. After the war he was instrumental in not only expanding Ice Hockey in the United Kingdom but across Europe. Known in Europe as B.N.Sexton he was inducted into the UK Hockey Hall of fame in 1950.