Con Sullivan

Con Sullivan

Personal information
Full name	Conrad Sullivan[1]
Died	1964
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row, Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1910–1916	North Sydney	72	8	0	0	24
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1909	Wellington
1909	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	0
1910–19??	New South Wales
1910–14	Australia	7	0	0	0	0
1910	Australasia
Source: RLP

Con Sullivan was a New Zealand international rugby league footballer of the early twentieth century who played for various Australasian representative sides.

Playing career

Sullivan started his career in Wellington, where he was selected to tour Australia, winning an international cap for New Zealand against Australia in 1909.^[2] In 1910 he started playing for North Sydney in the NSWRFL Premiership. In his first year at the club he was selected to play for New South Wales, Australia (including the first Ashes test on Australian soil) and a combined "Australasia" team against the first Great Britain Lions tourists. The following year he was selected to go on the 1911-12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, and played in 16 matches, for Australasia, including the third Test. Sullivan toured New Zealand with the New South Wales side in 1912-13 and played his last Test series against England in 1914 in teams captained by clubmate, Sid Deane.

Later years

Sullivan later married Deane's sister with their son Bob continuing the family link with the club.^[3]

Sullivan died in October 1964.

References

1. ^ SULLIVAN, Conrad - 1909 nzleague.co.nz
2. ^ "Past Kiwis Caps - S". nzrl.co.nz. New Zealand Rugby League. http://www.nzrl.co.nz/past-kiwis/past-kiwis-caps-s.aspx. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
3. ^ "Con Sullivan". Yesterday's Hero. SmartPack International Pty Ltd. http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Con-Sullivan_7905.aspx. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 

External links

• Con Sullivan at rugbyleagueproject.org

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Name	Sullivan, Con
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Date of death	1964
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