Jimmy Sullivan (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
Full name | James Andrew Sullivan | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1896 | ||
Place of birth | Maryborough | ||
Date of death | 1 May 1983 | (aged 87)||
Place of death | Brunswick West, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Williamstown juniors, Maryborough | ||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, half-forward flank | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1918–1925 | Essendon | 90 (20) | |
1925 | Melbourne | 6 (0) | |
Total | 96 (20) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1920, 1923 | Victoria | 2 | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1923. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
James Andrew Sullivan (8 April 1896 – 1 May 1983)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Sullivan was one of the small players in the Essendon team of the 1920s which earned them the nickname "mosquito fleet". A wingman of considerable pace, he vice captained Essendon in 1923 but was not selected in premiership side that year. He did however become a premiership player the following season in the league's new round robin finals format before finishing his career with a stint at Melbourne.
References
[edit]- ^ "Past Player Profiles – S (Sullivan, James A)". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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Categories:
- 1896 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Essendon Football Club players
- Essendon Football Club premiership players
- Melbourne Football Club players
- 1983 deaths
- Maryborough Football Club players
- People from Maryborough, Victoria
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1896 birth stubs