Harry Sullivan (8 April 1932 – 5 February 2017) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er, who played in the Victorian Football League, (VFL). Harry Sullivan commenced his

VFL The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

career at

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in 1950 after playing in their Thirds (juniors) premiership team the previous year. In 1955 he transferred to Collingwood. He was at full back in the losing 1956 Grand Final, and in 1958 he helped Collingwood to an upset win over Melbourne in the

Grand Final. Sullivan died on 5 February 2017, at the age of 84.

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* * 1932 births 2017 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub