Jack Sullivan (rugby union)

Jack Sullivan
CBE

Full name	John Lorraine Sullivan
Date of birth	30 March 1915
Place of birth	Tahora, New Zealand
Date of death	9 July 1990 (aged 75)
Place of death	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Occupation(s)	Oil company executive
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing, centre, second five-eighth
New Zealand No.	428
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1934–40	Taranaki	44
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1936–38	New Zealand	6	(9)
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
1958 1960	Taranaki New Zealand under-23 New Zealand

John Lorraine "Jack" Sullivan CBE (30 March 1915 – 9 July 1990) was a New Zealand rugby union player, coach and administrator. A three-quarter and second five-eighth, Sullivan represented Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1936 to 1938. He played nine matches for the All Blacks including six internationals.^[1]

Following World War II, during which he saw service overseas, Sullivan became a rugby union coach, selector and administrator. He coached the Taranaki team during the late 1940s, the New Zealand under-23 side in 1958, and the All Blacks on their 1960 tour to South Africa. He was also a Taranaki selector, a North Island selector (1952–59) and a national selector (1954–60). Sullivan served on the New Zealand Rugby Union executive from 1962 to 1977, and was chairman between 1969 and 1977.^[1]

In the 1978 New Year Honours he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rugby.^[2] He died in Wellington in 1990,^[1] and was buried in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth.^[3]

References

1. Knight, Lindsay. "Jack Sullivan". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 47420. p. 42. 31 December 1977. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
3. "Cemetery search". New Plymouth District Council. Retrieved 7 December 2014.