Jack Sullivan (footballer, born 1919)

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Jack D. Sullivan (2 April 1919 – 19 June 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from Ormond Amateur, he was 185 cm tall and weighed 88 kg. Sullivan played 31 games and scored 9 goals for Richmond between 1941 and 1946, starting as a centre half-forward and later appearing in the ruck and at centre half-back. He played in the 1942 VFL Grand Final at centre half-back, but Richmond lost. He did not play in 1944 or 1945, played the first six rounds of 1946, then moved to Williamstown. From 1947 to 1950 he was captain-coach of Hobart, leading them to a TANFL premiership in 1950. He won the William Leitch Medal in 1947 and represented Tasmania at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival.