icposition birth_date code club feet name occupation birth_place inches county sport nfl allstars clposition icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
centre-back 1975 football kilbrittain 5 owen sexton chemical engineer kilbrittain , county cork , ireland 10 cork gaelic football 1 0 half-back 3 cork 1997-2008 0 munster owen sexton
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owen sexton

owen sexton -lrb- born 1975 -rrb- is an irish retired gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back for the cork senior team .
born in kilbrittain , county cork , sexton first excelled at gaelic football whilst at school at hamilton high school , bandon .
he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the cork minor team , before later lining out with the under-21 side .
he made his senior debut in the 1997 championship .
sexton went on to play a key role for the team for over a decade , winning three munster medals and one national football league medal .
he was an all-ireland runner-up on two occasions .
throughout his career sexton made 31 championship appearances for cork .
he retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2008 championship .
in retirement from play sexton has become involved in coaching and team management .
in 2013 he was named as a selector as part of brian cuthbert 's management .
