Jim Sullivan (rugby player)

Jim Sullivan

Player information
Full name	James Sullivan
birthday	December 1903
place of birth	Cardiff , Wales
date of death	1977
Place of death	Wigan , England
society
society	deceased
position	Goalkeeper
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1921-1940 1946	Cardiff RFC * Wigan Warriors Batley Bulldogs	774 (4,883)
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
	United Kingdom Wales England Other Nationalities	25 26 (129) 3 6
Coaching stations
Years	Association / Province / Franchise
1932–1952 1952–1959 1961	Wigan Warriors St Helens Wigan Warriors
As of January 28, 2010 * Rugby Union

Jim Sullivan (born December 1903 in Cardiff , Wales , † 1977 in Wigan , England ) was a Welsh rugby league player on the position of goalkeeper and was a rugby coach after his playing career.

In 1921 Sullivan moved after a game for the Barbarians from the Welsh rugby union club Cardiff RFC to the English rugby league club Wigan Warriors . For the next 20 years he dominated the position of goalkeeper in the British rugby league. By 1946 he came in 774 games to 2,317 successful kicks over the Malstangen and 4,883 points for Wigan; an even better yield was prevented by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. After the end of the war he only came to a few missions for the Batley Bulldogs .

At the Wigan Warriors he is still the player with the most stakes and career points. His 161 successful kicks over the poles for Wigan in the 1934/35 season remained a British record until the 1980s. He also holds the record for the most successful kicks over the penalty bars in a game of the British rugby league, making him the best kicker of all time. He completed international matches for Wales , Great Britain , England and the international team Other Nationalities .

Sullivan took part in three tours of the British national team to Australasia (1924, 1928, 1932). In 1932 he was the first Welsh team captain to lead the selection to victories in all six international matches against Australia and New Zealand . He decided not to take part in the 1936 tour for personal reasons.

He also played professional baseball for a short time in the 1930s .

From 1932 he was player-coach for Wigan. After retiring from active sport, Sullivan remained the club's coach until 1952 before moving to St Helens RLFC . In 1961 he returned to Wigan as a coach, only to quit for health reasons only a few months later.

In 1988 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the English Rugby League Association ( Rugby Football League ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Gareth Williams: The Road to Wigan Peer Revisited: The Migration of Welsh Rugby Talent since 1918 . In: John Bale, Joseph Maguire (Eds.): The Global Sports Arena - Athletic Talent Migration in an Interpendent World . Routledge, London / Portland, Ore. 1994, ISBN 0-7146-3489-1 , pp. 25th ff .
2. ^ Jeff Hill, Jack Williams: Sport and identity in the north of England . Edinburgh University Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85331-082-4 , pp. 159 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Jim Sullivan. (No longer available online.) Wigan Warriors, archived from the original on Aug. 24, 2007 ; Retrieved January 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
4. ↑ ^{a b} Hall of Fame. (No longer available online.) The Rugby Football League, archived from the original on October 30, 2008 ; Retrieved January 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
5. ^ All Time Records. (No longer available online.) The Rugby Football League, archived from the original on September 26, 2009 ; Retrieved January 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
6. ↑ Jim Sullivan (1921-1946). (No longer available online.) Wales Rugby League, 2004, archived from the original on April 1, 2010 ; Retrieved January 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
7. ^ Josh Chetwynd: Baseball in Europe - A Country by Country History . McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina 2008, ISBN 978-0-7864-3724-5 , pp. 95 .