Phil Sullivan
| Phil Sullivan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Philip Gerard Sullivan | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Ballarat East, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 15 February 1970 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Caulfield, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | St Arnaud | ||
| Height / weight | 184 cm / 84 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1926 | Hawthorn | 7 (1) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
Philip Gerard Sullivan (8 September 1903 – 15 February 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Phillip Edward Sullivan and Mary Gertrude Goodman, Phil Sullivan joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season from St Arnaud.[2] He made his debut against South Melbourne in Round 10 and played seven of the final eight games of the season. He left Hawthorn to coach Somerville in the Mornington Peninsula league in 1927.[3]
Phil Sullivan married Rosa Carolina Kahl in 1928 and they had six chilldren. He worked for the railways and they lived in Ararat for about ten years before returning to Melbourne . He remarried to Elizabeth Mary O'Leary and had two more children. He resided in oakleigh Victoria until his death in 1970.[4]
References
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ↑ "NOTES TROM THE CLUBS.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 3 April 1925. p. 6.
- ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 1 April 1927. p. 6.
- ↑ "AustralianFootball.com profile".
External links
- Phil Sullivan's statistics from AFL Tables