Early Career
As a young athlete, Sewell played fly-half at rugby and was twice selected to play for England Schools’ Under 15 team. On leaving school, he first became a sprinter with Blackheath Harriers, and then signed as a professional footballer for Bexleyheath & Welling in 1954.
A key man at centre-half in the Kent League team at Bexleyheath, Sewell was transferred to Charlton Athletic on January 5, 1955. Almost immediately, however, he spent two years in national service, and finally made his league debut for Charlton at right-half against Sheffield Wednesday in January 1957, a year in which the club struggled (and ultimately failed) to avoid relegation from the First Division. After not making the first team the following season, he was named again to the squad in December, 1958 – this time at full-back, a position he played for the rest of his career.
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