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Linwood Sexton was born in 1926 in the small town of Moultrie, Georgia. He was a professional baseball player who played in the Negro Leagues from 1945 to 1952. He was a pitcher and outfielder for the Birmingham Black Barons, the Kansas City Monarchs, and the Indianapolis Clowns. Sexton was known for his strong arm and his ability to hit for power. He was a three-time All-Star and was named to the Negro Leagues All-Star team in 1947. He was also a member of the 1948 Negro League World Series champion Birmingham Black Barons. Sexton retired from baseball in 1952 and went on to become a successful businessman. He owned a construction company and a restaurant in Moultrie. He was also active in the civil rights movement and was a member of the NAACP. Sexton passed away in 2018 at the age of 91. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 16 April, 1926
Birthday 16 April
Birthplace Wichita, Kansas
Date of death March 29, 2017
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He was one of the first African-American college football players to play for Wichita State, and in the Missouri Valley Conference, and thus was barred from participating in certain games and was forced to make separate travel arrangements due to the segregation policies in place at the time. He was named to the All-Conference team in 1945, 1946, and 1947, the first African-American player to have accomplished the feat. The Linwood Sexton Endowed Scholarship from his alma mater, Wichita State, is named in his honor. His number 66 was retired before he graduated and he was inducted into the Wichita State Hall of Fame in 1979. In 2011, he was inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Athletics Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (inducted 2001). Sexton died March 29, 2017.

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Linwood Bookard "Lin" Sexton (April 16, 1926 – March 29, 2017) was an American football halfback who played for the Los Angeles Dons and played college football at Wichita State University from 1944 to 1948. He having previously attended East High School in Wichita where he was part of the Wichita East High School Aces track team who won two KU Relays championships, two state team titles including an undefeated track season in 1944. That year, he won the state meet 100 yard dash with a time of 10.4, the 220 with a time of 22.5 and anchored the winning 880–yard relay.

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